Heather McLarty is a true “woman of steel,” and has become one of the most renowned, respected, and sought-after artist blacksmiths around. After training as a theater technician in college, Heather McLarty got interested in steel art, and hasn't stopped creating since. Over the past nearly 30 years, she's transformed industrial materials into soulful sculpture using fire, anvil and hammers, mind, body, and heart. Heather's work is featured at public parks, national art exhibitions, fine homes, and at Occidental College. She has been a force at Adam's Forge serving as the Board Chair for over 20 years. She teaches metalworking there and sometimes elsewhere.