Thomas Mink has been selected by the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation and INTBAU Spain as the master craftsperson of the month for February 2024.
Thomas Mink is a master blacksmith from Daganzo, in Madrid, who masters a large number of traditional forging techniques: sharpening, laminating, upset forging, chipping, punching, etc. He also masters several traditional joining techniques, such as forge welding.
Thomas has also made all kinds of iron fittings for gates: nails, door knockers, grilles, hinges, fasteners, locks, keyholes, and door handles. He also carries out archaeometallurgical experiments by building direct reduction furnaces and extracting iron from different minerals.
You can discover more about his work and activity in his profile in the Spanish Network of Traditional Building Crafts Masters:
