Bighorn Forge, Inc.

04/16/2024

Tres Agujas. 16" x 61". Forged and fabricated mild steel. Dichromatic finish (black and German silver Gilder's Paste). 2024.

04/16/2024

Tiny Table Number One. 12" x 28-1/2". Forged and fabricated mild steel. Monochrome finish (Gilder's Paste). 2024.

01/27/2023

Forging workshops have been scheduled for the first half of 2023 and are conducted here at Bighorn Forge (Kewaskum, WI). For more information, please go to "Nauman's Northern School for Blacksmiths" website at www.naumansnorthernschoolforblacksmiths.wordpress.com

09/29/2021

I will be teaching a French Repousse' workshop November 3rd thru the 7th. Please see my blog at: www.naumansnorthernschoolforblacksmiths.wordpress.com for more details.

06/02/2021

Update On 2021 Forging Workshops

"Forging Workshop I: Beginning Forging"
- June 26th and 27th (Two openings)
- July 10th and 11th (Two openings)
- July 17th and 18th (Full)
- July 24th and 25th (Two openings)
- October 23rd and 24th (Four openings)
- November 6th and 7th (Four openings)
- December 11th and 12th (Four openings)

"Forging Workshop II: Kitchen Utensils"
- December 11th and 12th (Four openings)

Forging Workshop IX: Joinery
- November 13th and 14th (Four openings)

Special Notice: Dan Nauman is also teaching a one-week “Open Forge” workshop at “The Clearing Folk School” in Ellison Bay, WI the week of September 12th – 18th.
Workshop description:
This class is for those who have some basic forging experience right up to those who are seasoned blacksmiths.
Prior to class, Dan will ask each student to design the project(s) they’d like to forge. He will then guide each student through the forging processes needed to complete their project(s). He will also provide some demonstrations of fun and exciting forms and techniques during the class.
“The Clearing” is nestled in a forested area overlooking the bay of Green Bay in Wisconsin’s fabulous and picturesque Door County. Lodging is available onsite and packages include delicious meals. For more information, please see:

A Message From Mike May, 2021 Dear Friends, Spring has sprung, although, as usual, it’s taking its sweet time traveling all the way up the Door Peninsula. We can blame the “big water” on both sides of the peninsula for this. Large bodies of water warm up slowing in spring and cool down slowly ...

11/30/2018

Paschal Candlestick. Made for St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Forestville, WI. Mild steel, bee's wax and Gilders Paste finish The top of the candlestick can be removed (just below the twist) for processions.

11/30/2018

A simple screen 34" x 42". Made for The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay, WI on the picturesque Door County peninsula. The window is a typical design feature throughout the campus. If you click on the window image, you'll see the bay of Green Bay in the background. The school was founded in 1935 by landscape architect Jens Jensen (1860-1951). This “school of the soil” is nestled within 128 acres of Door County forests and meadows and overlooks the dramatic Green Bay shoreline. It was built as a place where ordinary people could, as the name implies, “clear one’s mind” by reconnecting with nature and with one another. I took this picture from my favorite vantage point for having an early morning coffee. (Note: I did NOT make the fire tools.)

04/11/2017

Looking for a manual for the Striker STC-55. The unit was donated to The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay, WI, but does not have a manual. The unit has an oiler problem, as it feeds so much oil to the ram, that it gushes all over the work-piece. Any help is appreciated, as there is apparently no longer a US dealer for Striker. (Machineco no longer carries them, and hasn't for eight years.)

09/05/2016

Processional Cross, for St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Forestville, WI. 17" x 24" x 96". Mild steel, Gilder's paste finish. The 43" tubular staff beneath the cross lifts off the base for processions. Will have professional images taken and posted soon.

05/28/2016

Birch Point Chandelier. 72" x 84", 10-1/2' drop. Mild steel, copper, slumped glass, elk antler sheds. Paste finish. Designed an executed by Dan Nauman. Installed May 2016.

04/13/2016

Just a sneak peek at a chandelier I am working on presently. Waiting for two glass shades, one of which will be applied to the top, the other on the bottom, so stay tuned for the finished product.

08/03/2015

"Console Table 2015" by Dan Nauman. Forged mild steel, 16 gauge copper French repousse'. 16 x 18 x 26-1/2 in. Bee's wax and Gilders Paste finish. Artisan's collection. Will be topped off with amber marble.