| Article: |
The art of metal: DeKalb man makes a hobby as a blacksmith
Temperatures in the mid 90s and stifling humidity last week didn’t stop Chris Hubbard from manning his homemade metal forge, burning at temperatures as high as 2,800 degrees. Hubbard, a DeKalb resident who also works as a biology professor at Northern Illinois University, is a blacksmith in his spare time, and practices his craft in his garage turned metal shop.
|