Furnace. Coal. Fire. Iron everywhere: hammers, hooks, nails, chains, scraps...The blacksmith shop. "The earliest mention of a blacksmith is in Genesis, Chapter 4", says Chip Sowalski, the blacksmith. His favorite things to make are spikes: "Representations of Roman-era spikes that were used to crucify the Son of God". He holds one up.
So I ask Chip:
-Do you have a saying or your own wisdom of the trade?
-Yes! Get it hot and hit it.
He chuckles.
There's pretty much the same saying in Russian I grew up with:
"Kуй железо пока горячо" / "Forge the iron while it's hot".
And there's my favorite iteration of it, as sung by a favorite Russian band "Вежливый Отказ":
"Эй, кузнец, Kуй железо, пока мы ещё горячи" /
/ "Hey, blacksmith, Forge the iron while we're still hot"
Love, love, love it! When I look at your drawings, I can't believe we were drawing the same guy. It's amazing, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteAmazing indeed. There's an explanation: to quote Ronnie, "it's called Personality". Thank you, Audrey!
ReplyDelete