First of all let me introduce myself. My name is Bruno Kalčič, born in 1967 in a city that people say is the hometown of steel. Like most local guys I decided that I’ll earn my living working with metal, so I finished my education for a blacksmith.
Even as a young apprentice I tried to create something unusual and out of the context, but the difference between Industrial blacksmithing and ironmongery was just too big. So I figured I need a good teacher to create top products. Not all the good master blacksmiths were willing to share their knowledge but I was very fortunate and found a great blacksmith in Tirol (A) who was willing to teach me.
Art blacksmithing is a traditional profession with no room for modern machinery. In my shop we stick to that rule as much as possible. We use power hammers for forging bigger pieces of steel. But they would be useless without physical effort and hand skills. All the pieces are finalized by hand, with help of fire, hammer and anvil. They are also assembled in traditional blacksmith way – by riveting.
My co-workers are:
Gregor Mandeljc – finished school for tourism
– Occupation: blacksmith
– among others his hobby is forging sculptures
Dušan Kalcic – finished school for locksmith
– Occupation locksmith
– In charge for good atmosphere in the workshop
