Two summers ago, five days past her due date, Alisa Toninato stood at the outer edges of an iron pour in Cambridge, Wisconsin. She was uncomfortable, and not just because her daughter, Rhea, wouldn’t arrive for another week. She wanted to get in on the action. “Of course I didn’t leather up,” Toninato says. “But … [ Read more]
Iron Woman: American Skillet Company and FeLion Studios’ Alisa Toninato forges a career in cast iron art
August 1, 2019 by
The Cheese Stands Alone: Willi Lehner forges world-class wheels on his self-sufficient wisconsin farmstead
May 28, 2019 by
Above the rolling hills near Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, at Willi Lehner’s 16-acre farmstead, a turbine spins in the wind. It looks like a child’s toy on top of an Erector set, but that wind turbine, in combination with a fleet of solar panels, generates about five times as much power as the whole farm needs. … [ Read more]
