Central Virginia Blacksmith Guild meeting March 28, 2009 at Tom Boone's shop.

Tom Boone was the featured demonstrator at this meeting.  His project was a forged umbrella stand with decorative leaves.

Boone's Forge sign
Tom's "purple" shop colors.......wow, you can't miss this at 13,000 feet .........
Tom getting down to work working on the base for the umbrella stand.
A bit of power hammering to form and texture the base.
Leaves being formed and joined to the stand.
Tom looking over to determine the next step.  Hey Tom, is that sweat on your forehead????  Everybody else was freezing, so it goes to show, you wanna keep warm - then FORGE!
Tom adding some decorative touches to his stand.
Tom's stand pretty much completed, just a few finishing touches left to do.
Tom closing up the collar for his project.
An expanded view of Tom's work.