The glow of a forge, the ringing clang of hammer against anvil, the sizzle of heated iron or steel cooled suddenly in water, and the stamp of horses waiting to be shod by the blacksmith were sights and sounds of yesterday that have been awakened in south-central Alaska. In this age of mass production, artisan Mark Couch's creations of hand forged iron remind us of an art that began with the first use of metal by man.
