Type
Individual
Role
Artist
Identifier
LuceroSteven
Functions, Occupations, and Activities
>Blacksmith
Heritage
Hispanic
Medium
Iron;Metal
Statement
"It's such brutal, dirty, sweaty and hot work," the Santa Fe artist said, showing off a road map of scars tracking up and down both arms. "I don't even have much feeling in my fingers anymore," he added. "It's part of the trade." [Retrieved on 10/4/2017 from https://www.pressreader.com/usa/albuquerque-journal/20120727/283489318239086]
Biography
His first encounter with an anvil was at his greatgrandfather's place near Pecos. The family had to make their own tools, but he insists he caught the forging bug later...[H]e became an assistant to a blacksmith named Tomas Arrey. He was supposed to do the grunt work while Arrey smithed. "I spent all my time watching him at the forge." He apprenticed with Arrey for five or six years before setting off on his own. [Retrieved on 10/4/2017 from https://www.pressreader.com/usa/albuquerque-journal/20120727/283489318239086]
Geographic names
Santa Fe