Orchard Steel (Moriah Cowles)

It all started with a blacksmithing class in college out in Colorado. I fell in love. That seed of intrigue for the craft followed me home to Vermont, brought me to the hills of North Carolina, and found me again in Mexico. It led me to a metalworking school in Maine and eventually, of all places, to Brooklyn New York, working and learning for two years from my dear friend and mentor Joel Bukiewicz at Cut Brooklyn. I have always loved art and had not just a desire, but a need to make things with my hands. I now have my own metal shop in Shelburne, Vermont where I make my own kitchen knives from start to finish, all in house. I forge, heat treat, grind, sharpen, make and fit and sculpt the handle pieces, epoxy it all together and finish the knives in the shop. Moriah Cowles