About BGCM

BGCM is a non-profit 501c3 educational corporation founded in 1986 and incorporated in 1995 and is an affiliate of the Artist-Blacksmith’s Association of North America, Inc.

BGCM is dedicated to preserving and promoting the art and craft of hand forging iron. The guild meets monthly to share blacksmithing information and techniques at the Carroll County Farm Museum, Westminster, Maryland.

One of the main purposes of the Guild is to promote the exchange of information and ideas associated with blacksmithing.

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer, a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist."

- Louis Nizer (1902-1994)

Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland