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Lorelei Sims

Born: 1962
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Sims lives in Charleston, Illinois.

Biography: Sims is a blacksmith artist and on of only a handful of female blacksmiths. She is extemely talented in her work. Examples of her works of art can be viewed on her website. Her business is called: ''Five Points Blacksmith Shop'' and is located at 218 State Street in Charleston. Smith has served on the Charleston City Council and graduated from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.


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Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Young adult readers

Email: lorelei@blacksmithchic.com
Website: http://www.blacksmithchic.com
Lorelei Sims on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=lorelei+sims


Selected Titles

The backyard blacksmith :
ISBN: 9780785825678 OCLC: 62421214

Quarry Books, Gloucester, Mass. : ©2006.

This book shows you how blacksmithing can be easy to learn, and a rewarding hobby, with some patience and a working knowledge of metals, basic tools, and techniques.

 

 

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