Wood & Iron Works

Wood & Iron Works Custom Blacksmithing and Metal Art Wood & Iron Works is owned and operated by Frank Annighofer & Annette Lavalette. Our medium is metal.

We have our workshop and studio in Southern Montana not far from Yellowstone National Park. The surrounding Beartooth Mountains give us solitude and inspiration. The nearby communities of Red Lodge and Absarokee allow for exchanging ideas with artists of all kinds. Iron and bronze are our favorites. Whenever possible we like to employ classic blacksmithing techniques. These allow a most natural de

sign and harmonic flow in our art pieces. We like to assemble rails and gates with old European classical blacksmith motifs as well as contemporary forms. And we also like the challenge to try something new. You give us a theme: We translate it into wrought iron or bronze. Forged iron partners very good with natural wood. Many of our projects incorporate both, wood and iron. That's why we came up with our name: Wood & Iron Works. Iron can be the heavy and solid part of that creation or it can be the other way around: Solid logs and playful iron like the stairway on our first page. We are members of ABANA, the American Artist Blacksmith Association, CBA, the California Blacksmith Association, and NRBA, the Northern Rockies Blacksmiths Association. Frank currently serves as President of NRBA.

05/30/2024
01/14/2024

🇦🇺Meet Basil, the first person in all of Australia to earn an ABANA National Curriculum certification!🎉You might have seen Basil’s name on the list of new Level I blacksmith certifications in the Winter 2024 issue of The Anvil’s Ring. Basil is also diving right into Level II which is exciting!

If you’ve been on the fence about starting the National Curriculum, this is your sign to pick up that hammer and give it a go! We’ve got print articles, videos, and classes to help you out. Plus check with your local ABANA affiliate - they may have hands-on sessions and certified instructors to help you out.

Our Level II online class starts this week (sorry, it’s full), but we’ll be offering a Level I class in the second half of the year. Sign up to receive our newsletter and emails to learn when registration begins for Level I: https://bit.ly/3FYXcOd

Did you ever have the feeling your shop is too small?
08/07/2023

Did you ever have the feeling your shop is too small?

The 3,000-year-old weapon is known as an octagonal sword. (Image credit: Bronzezeitliches Schwert aus Nördlingen; Archäo...
06/16/2023

The 3,000-year-old weapon is known as an octagonal sword. (Image credit: Bronzezeitliches Schwert aus Nördlingen; Archäologie-Büro Dr. Woidich)

What did you forge to be discovered in 3000 years??

05/24/2023
Indian Horse, my first sculpture, 2007,
09/20/2022

Indian Horse, my first sculpture, 2007,

07/24/2022

Impressions of Level III
Artist Blacksmith's Association of North America - ABANA

More hooks, this time for Kibler & Kirch
05/26/2022

More hooks, this time for Kibler & Kirch

Western Steer Hooks by Frank Annighofer
05/23/2022

Western Steer Hooks by Frank Annighofer

Hooked. Happy Valentine's
02/14/2022

Hooked. Happy Valentine's

03/12/2021

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Roscoe, MT
59071

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(406) 328-7396

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