How blacksmithing got hot, according to Adam’s Forge

The set-up looks old-school – a furnace, anvil and two blacksmiths hammering in tandem to coax a hot steel rod into a pair of tongs.
But for Adam’s Forge in Los Angeles’ Glassell Park neighborhood, blacksmithing is not stuck in the past.
Heather McLarty and Aram Nigoghossian forge tongs together at Adam’s Forge in Los Angeles on Thursday, January 24, 2019. The blacksmith school and collective is hosting Adam’s Forge Festival at Debs Park in Los Angeles on Feb.