{"id":48,"date":"2008-08-05T12:41:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T16:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=48"},"modified":"2015-03-02T13:36:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:36:05","slug":"metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The art of metalsmithing was one of 15 craft traditions on display at the 2008 Lowell Folk Festival. Retired sheetmetal worker Dick Clarke<\/a> of Local #17, assembled and disassembled a tin man, explaing how the human form was fabricated from flat sheet metal.<\/p>\n

Weathervane maker Marian Ives<\/a> worked in copper on a codfish vane. One of her vanes tops the Merrimack Mills, a textile mill building just a short distance from the festival site. Marian had never seen the finished weathervane mounted atop Merrimack Mills and was eager to find the building. The jury is still out on whether Hook Lobster will have Marian repair the six-foot lobster weathervane she made for the 3rd generation business, which was recently damaged in a major fire.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The art of metalsmithing was one of 15 craft traditions on display at the 2008 Lowell Folk Festival. Retired sheetmetal worker Dick Clarke of Local #17, assembled and disassembled a tin man, explaing how the human form was fabricated from flat sheet metal. Weathervane maker Marian Ives worked in copper on a codfish vane. One … Continue reading “Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[761,13,11,12],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-craft","category-festivals","tag-making-things-by-hand","tag-repousee","tag-sheetmetal-workers","tag-weathervanes"],"yoast_head":"\nMetalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival - Keepers of Tradition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival - Keepers of Tradition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The art of metalsmithing was one of 15 craft traditions on display at the 2008 Lowell Folk Festival. Retired sheetmetal worker Dick Clarke of Local #17, assembled and disassembled a tin man, explaing how the human form was fabricated from flat sheet metal. Weathervane maker Marian Ives worked in copper on a codfish vane. One … Continue reading "Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Keepers of Tradition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-08-05T16:41:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-03-02T18:36:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dickandtinman4.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Heritage8\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@masscultural\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@masscultural\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Heritage8\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Heritage8\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e93be7426dbeba1fde04b7f54ab1cc05\"},\"headline\":\"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-05T16:41:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-02T18:36:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":129,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/dickandtinman4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"making things by hand\",\"repousee\",\"Sheetmetal workers\",\"weathervanes\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Craft\",\"Festivals\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival - Keepers of Tradition\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/dickandtinman4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-05T16:41:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-03-02T18:36:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e93be7426dbeba1fde04b7f54ab1cc05\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/dickandtinman4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/dickandtinman4.jpg\",\"width\":280,\"height\":432},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Keepers of Tradition\",\"description\":\"Folk Art and Heritage in Massachusetts\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e93be7426dbeba1fde04b7f54ab1cc05\",\"name\":\"Heritage8\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0e8bbf77b0a664e5c40b840be65d10acbf8272062fd78a11c22eecc8fa7d824f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0e8bbf77b0a664e5c40b840be65d10acbf8272062fd78a11c22eecc8fa7d824f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0e8bbf77b0a664e5c40b840be65d10acbf8272062fd78a11c22eecc8fa7d824f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Heritage8\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.massfolkarts.org\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/heritage8\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival - Keepers of Tradition","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival - Keepers of Tradition","og_description":"The art of metalsmithing was one of 15 craft traditions on display at the 2008 Lowell Folk Festival. Retired sheetmetal worker Dick Clarke of Local #17, assembled and disassembled a tin man, explaing how the human form was fabricated from flat sheet metal. Weathervane maker Marian Ives worked in copper on a codfish vane. One … Continue reading \"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival\"","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/","og_site_name":"Keepers of Tradition","article_published_time":"2008-08-05T16:41:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-03-02T18:36:05+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dickandtinman4.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Heritage8","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@masscultural","twitter_site":"@masscultural","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Heritage8","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/"},"author":{"name":"Heritage8","@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e93be7426dbeba1fde04b7f54ab1cc05"},"headline":"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival","datePublished":"2008-08-05T16:41:38+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-02T18:36:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/"},"wordCount":129,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dickandtinman4.jpg","keywords":["making things by hand","repousee","Sheetmetal workers","weathervanes"],"articleSection":["Craft","Festivals"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/","name":"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival - Keepers of Tradition","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dickandtinman4.jpg","datePublished":"2008-08-05T16:41:38+00:00","dateModified":"2015-03-02T18:36:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e93be7426dbeba1fde04b7f54ab1cc05"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dickandtinman4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/dickandtinman4.jpg","width":280,"height":432},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/metalsmiths-demonstrate-their-skills-at-lowell-folk-festival\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Metalsmiths demonstrate their skills at Lowell Folk Festival"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/","name":"Keepers of Tradition","description":"Folk Art and Heritage in Massachusetts","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e93be7426dbeba1fde04b7f54ab1cc05","name":"Heritage8","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e8bbf77b0a664e5c40b840be65d10acbf8272062fd78a11c22eecc8fa7d824f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e8bbf77b0a664e5c40b840be65d10acbf8272062fd78a11c22eecc8fa7d824f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0e8bbf77b0a664e5c40b840be65d10acbf8272062fd78a11c22eecc8fa7d824f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Heritage8"},"url":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/author\/heritage8\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8XDXy-M","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4857,"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/4857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}