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Happy New Year to all our dear friends and customers! We are excited. We had a lovely “at home” vacation over the holidays. It was restful and invigorating. Our minds were free to imagine the possibilities of the coming year. There are many. We’re looking forward to growing The Steel Fork; more beautiful creations and more stories from the farm. For now, I wanted…

We’re very merry, merry up here on the hill. The big brown truck comes every day. We thought we would give you a general idea of how long you can ship ground [to make it in time for Christmas]. We can also ship overnight. Please do let us know if you have any special requests. We drop ship [at no extra cost]. We gift…

It is a wonderful time of year to remind ourselves of the glorious word…. Slow. It is so easy to forget, I know. We are particularly fond of the idea of “Slow Food.” This term was coined by the Slow Food organization… Here is how they describe themselves… Slow Food is an eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food…

It has been a raucous year. The economic forecast vapors even drift up here. We’re very Thankful that Thanksgiving is here. Thank you for… 1. Doing an allstar job bringing Gatski Metal to their customers The Fanny Garver Gallery (Madison, WI), HumanArts (Ojai, CA), Ataz (Edina, MN), Home & Planet (Bethlehem, PA), Whyevernot (Mystic, Ct), Heron Gallery (Kent, CT) 2. keeping us on the…

I do love a Nonpareil. For me, it’s just the right mix. Just like it’s namesake in the blog world… Nonpareil brings us just the right mix of handmade style. It is very inspiring and also very approachable. A very inviting [and delicious] combination. The Steel Fork is featured on Nonpareil.. click here to check it out.

We raise Berkshire pigs, they are considered a Heritage breed. According to Local Harvest, Berkshires are, “a first class black pig with excellent lean meat.” Just yesterday we finished our paddock fencing in the woods. They will now enjoy rooting up stumps looking for grubs, acorns and other nuts. They were having a Sunday morning snooze in the straw when I went down to…

As you may know Ben quit college and started an organic dairy business. After 5 years, he sold his cows and we started Gatski Metal. He kept one cow, Rene. He has milked her and her progeny ever since [for our family]. The milk is good. It changes; a reflection of what the cows are eating. There seems to be a lack of words…

I am a proud contributor to Handmade In PA. Its a nice little gem tucked away in the land of handmade blogs. I enjoy my weekly challenge of finding an artist or craftsperson using recycled, upcycled, found object, repurposed materials in their work. The creator/ editor of Handmade in PA Tara Gentile was a terrific consult to us as we were developing The Steel…

Living on the upper reaches of the family farm, with a .5 mile long driveway gives one a good sense of place. The hills and fields roll along in all directions; there are a few glimpses of a hunting cabin, power lines and cell towers. Its not as remote as it sounds, but it does give one a good strong sense of being “here.”…

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There is something about this time of year that feels like, “whew… we made it.”  The last flames [leaves] are burning bright on the trees. The last hip, hip hooray! We’re still hip, hip hooray’ing, here at The Steel Fork. We’ll be settling in soon. We have an exciting “The Steel Fork” launch special to announce soon! Stay tuned! For now, I recommend filling…

Welcome dear friends! It is with great pleasure that we bring you The Steel Fork. As Ben first put it, “it’s our passions made visible.” It is farming. It is food. It is design. It is the continuation of a journey. We established Gatski Metal in 2003. We design and create metal sculptures using recycled farm machinery. Ben started welding together old farm equipment…

There is tremendous beauty and mystery in the farms tucked throughout our countryside. A farm can mean [or be] so many things; its character defined by a family. Our family, near and very far [think new zealand], is not at all a farm family in the traditional sense. Although, I would say we maintain some of the resourcefulness and independence classic in the iconic…