James Kelly

James Kelly (AKA Blacksmith O'Kelley), Demonstrating Artist, has been fabricating and welding metal crafts using modern methods since 1993. He has been demonstrating traditional coal-forge blacksmithing at renaissance fairs since 2004. Wisteria Solstice 2007 was his first Earth-based festival and he looks forward to returning many times in the future. His interest in blacksmithing has evolved into an effort to pass knowledge of the craft on to others in order that the art does not die. He attends the Unitarian Church in Huntington, West Virginia with his daughters Sierra, Rowan and Catie (and nieces Cassy and Sammy). One of his goals is to learn more about his Celtic origins, particularly their forging techniques.