I recently had the opportunity to take part in the sold-out Living Craft Tinsmithing Workshop at the Historic Arkansas Museum. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., seven of us learned how to create our very own ...

For David MacLean, American history is more than something that he reads about in books. It is something that the Scriba man helps bring to life through the craft of tinsmithing. Traditionally, ...

Kaylee Jenkins, 10, was the first Living History camper to finish her luminary. Kaylee, who has attended the camp for three years, worked quickly with a hammer and nail to pound a design into a piece ...

Doreen and Tim Reger sat in the small Tinsmith Room at the Carroll County Farm Museum, one soldering while the other hammered a design into a large piece of tin. The sound of tools on metal — banging, ...

“It was the poor man’s silver,” said Ed Stailey, who comes from a family legacy of tinsmithing. Stailey’s great uncles owned Stailey Brothers, a shop in Liverpool. “In the summertime they would put on ...

There is nothing cookie- cutter about the cookie cutters that H.O. Foose Tinsmithing Co. stamps out of shiny, malleable metal. Not when you can find such designs as an RV camper, a sewing machine, ...

Ever wanted to try your hand at tinsmithing, leatherworking or soap carving? You’ll have three chances this summer as the Fort Nisqually Living History Museum kicks off its “Homespun Happy Hour” next ...