Joy Fire

Joy has been working with metal for more than 14 years. She runs a blacksmithing and metal fabrication shop where she takes commissions and forges her own designs. Her work is meant to be a gift to you. Each object honors the physicality of existence and offers the opportunity to be reminded of and grounded in your physical self through tactile interaction.

As a teacher Joy focuses on ergonomics and thoughtful design. Guiding her students to learn how to think like a blacksmith. Her passion for sharing blacksmithing with everyone led to the writing of her first book, Contemporary Blacksmithing for Beginners, which she hopes you will enjoy.

Joy also teaches welding at Orange Coast College and serves on the Governance Committee of the Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths, an organization dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in blacksmithing.

In 2023 Joy's daughter was born, and in 2025 she and her partner welcomed their son. Joy started writing Contemporary Blacksmithing while nursing her daughter and completed it while nursing her son.