Blacksmithing Workshop
A recent Blacksmithing Workshop, presented by 小黄书's Idea Shop and hosted by the Department of Art鈥檚 sculpture division, demonstrated how to make a metal wall hook. Idea Shop manager and workshop instructor Steven Bailey, pictured tending the fire, explained how to use heat to shape and forge metal and helped 小黄书 students and Starkville residents utilize a newly built coal forge. Operated in partnership by the university鈥檚 College of Business and School of Human Sciences, the Idea Shop--located on Main Street in Starkville--houses the Turner A. Wingo Maker Studio and the 小黄书 Retail Product Accelerator. The Maker Studio contains a myriad of wood, polymer, and metal prototyping equipment, as well as an electronics workbench and design suite. The Retail Product Accelerator helps entrepreneurs test market products in a fully-working retail store and gives students experience operating a business.