They've lost their luster, turning dark with age, but they haven't lost their appeal. Tinware, the poor man's china, is highly collectible, with people snapping up lanterns, coffeepots and boxes as ...

A sound of pounding metals at the foot of the hills of Chilomoni ‘Zambia’ in Blantyre sting ones ears when around this place. It is the only sound you hear. Getting closer to the place, you are likely ...

T he Tinsmith begins and ends in blood. Between, the harrowing, stunning new novel by Edmonton writer Tim Bowling is a powerful, haunting evocation of friendship and cruelty, of grace and inhumanity, ...

Tinsmithing is a practice that has been around for a long time. A tinsmith is someone whose occupation is to make products out of metal. Popular wares made by these professionals are metal bathing ...

If you watch closely during the movie "The Revenant," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, you just might see some of Bob Bartelme's handiwork.Bartelme, a tinsmith, owns Backwoods Tin & Copper LLC in West Bend ...

From an apprentice to a master of tin, Master Song has been devoted to his tin career for over 50 years. He owns a small tin shop in Jinxi town, Kunshan city – the only decoration is a black plaque ...

Cutting shears, rawhide hammers, soldering irons -- a tinsmith needed big hands, a powerful grip and a fine eye. In the cities, the smiths worked in cramped spaces, pounding together everything from ...