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Updated: 1:41 PM Apr 16, 2008
RCHS: Blacksmith Art Apprentice
Spencer, WV Roane County High School Senior has an apprenticeship with noted blacksmith artist Jeff Fetty. Posted: 1:34 PM Apr 16, 2008Reporter: Roane County High School Email Address: staff@raidertelevision.com  Roane High: Blacksmith Art Apprentice |
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Student Reporter: Paige Garrett
Student Photographer/Editor: Ashli Knotts
SPENCER, W.Va. (RCHS) -- Jeff Fetty is a blacksmith artist in Roane County.
Roane County High School senior Megan Gainer is working with him through an apprenticeship sponsored in part by the Tamarack Foundation. Although Gainer has no complete works to call her own yet, she did lend a hand in the "planting" of several of Fetty's giant flower art pieces in Spencer a few months ago.
The two have turned the partnership into a friendship and Gainer says Fetty listens to her ideas and values her opinion despite her age. Fetty notes her enthusiasm for the craft.
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Posted by: Adam Dillon
on Oct 20, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Hello, my name is Adam Dillon. I am 27 years old. I live in the small town of Sarnia Ontario. I have been manipulating steel my whole life. Ive been a machinist for 10 years now and I am currently welding. I have always been very passionate about the skilled art of the blacksmith. Although, here in Sarnia, the art is all but gone...it is almost unheard of here. I am an artist and my lifes goal is to find an outlet in creating with and through steel. I know there are courses one can take to learn the trade, but I don't have much to offer in regards to payment. I have been spending my spare time e mailing people around the globe in hope of finding a master in need of an apprentice. Things have changed a great deal since the olden days when communities relied on skilled blacksmiths, masters and apprentices where easily sought out. I just want to make art. If there is any way you could help out, or direct an eager artist wanting to learn. I am all ears. God Bless Adam Dillon
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Posted by: B.J.
on May 4, 2008 at 03:32 PM
Megan, you are definitely in the right spot. I had the pleasure of working with Jeff Fetty and he is without a doubt one of the most positive, outgoing, and talented teachers I have ever had. Good luck in whatever you decide to do, and keep that creative fire alive!
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Posted by: Terri Miller
on Apr 18, 2008 at 08:42 AM
Very good article. I think it great for a young woman to get a chance to follow her dreams, and that there are people like Mr. Fetty who are willing to give them that chance. Who would think a 18 year old girl would even be given a chance at blacksmithing , but with the help of Mr. Fetty not only is she given the chance she is excelling at it. GOOD JOB !
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