Object Afterlife

08/22/2026

These beautiful reclaimed glass pendant necklaces are hot out the kiln! You'll soon find them at Lockes Sporting Goods in Shelburne Nova Scotia!

08/19/2026

Our first workshop pieces at the Shelburne County Museum fired perfectly! Look at all the great glass night lights they made!

08/15/2026

What a fun morning for our very first glass workshop in Shelburne Nova Scotia.

06/14/2026

May the new shop space in Nova Scotia usher in years of creative endeavors!

These aren't some flimsy garden center tools made overseas with a cheesy wooden handle. Oh no! These are heavy-duty trowels, hand-forged right here in Shelburne from reclaimed railroad spikes.
​I love the craftsmanship Bill puts into these. You can literally hammer the head of this trowel into the ground to bust out the toughest roots and it will never break. It holds a beautiful edge and is built to outlast a lifetime of hard work.
​🎄 Strictly Limited Holiday Run: Bill will be making only 35 to 40 of these this autumn.
​🎁 Reserve yours today: Send a direct message to GiftWorks Art Hub by November 1st, 2026 to claim yours before they're gone!
​🤞 You might also catch Bill and Payne Anne at the Guild Hall Market later this summer with these amazing trowels, other hand-forged goods, and glass art. See you there!

04/21/2026

What a productive few days of great weather! The guys shored up a wall in the smithy and replaced sill plates. New fence posts are going in. We removed a tree near the road to make room for a new power pole. Kitchen equipment started arriving! Spring has sprung!

03/28/2026

Nothing beats a Nova Scotia South Shore sunset!

03/23/2026

Here's a flashback to a metalworking class we taught in 2024 at Artfire in Leslie, Michigan, where we utilized the pillow technique to create sunflowers. This technique involves expanding hot metal with compressed air. 🌻

03/22/2026

I believe she's ready for the competition! Her coupon looks fabulous and ready to weld! I think she is well on her way to a career in welding!! I am pleased for her!

03/22/2026

Our shop/barn cafe project is moving forward! We've begun working on off-street parking, which will also include a park-like area with a kayak launch and benches for wildlife viewing. Bill and I will be crafting the benches from reclaimed maritime metal.

03/19/2026

(Shared from Instagram)
An opportunity presented itself for Payne Anne to mentor Hayden, a student from Shelburne High School here in Nova Scotia. The high school doesn't have a metals lab, and Shelburne Ship Repair has generously made a space available for her to practice. Everyone there has been so supportive of her choice to follow a career in welding and fabrication. It's been a joy to help her prepare for her skills competition for the Nova Scotia region. If she places in the regionals, she'll go to nationals for the final competition.