A forge heats up a piece of steel Tuesday, foreground, as Isaiah Washington of Auburn uses a hydraulic hammer to form piece of steel that he just pulled out of another forge at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Mat Boisvert pulls a piece of steel out from one of several forges Tuesday afternoon at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn. Boisvert came from Massachusetts to work with other advanced hot steel workers to create pieces of art during a weeklong Pattern Welded Steel workshop. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Jason Morrissey of Scarborough, a world-renowned metalsmithing and glass instructor and artist, uses a hydraulic hammer Tuesday afternoon to form a block of steel during a weeklong workshop at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn, where he is working with other advanced blacksmiths and bladesmiths in the Pattern Welding Steel class. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A cross section of a big block of several types of steel that has been fused, heated, pounded, bent and twisted numerous times to create a work of art is displayed Tuesday at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lawrence Lake cuts a piece of steel Tuesday afternoon outside the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn in one of the first stages of a project he and other students were working on during a weeklong Pattern Welded Steel workshop. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A rack holds of a variety of tongs used to forge steel Tuesday at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Mat Boisvert brushes off a piece of steel Tuesday afternoon at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn. Boisvert came from Massachusetts to work with other advanced hot steel workers to create pieces of art during a weeklong Pattern Welded Steel workshop. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal