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myself blacksmithing," he said.
Three years later, in 1976, he moved to Madison County and then in 1982 he moved to Rappahannock.
He opened a blacksmith shop in the Rains, where he worked for 20 years.
He supported himself through commission work from architects and landscapers, making iron pieces for their clients.
Putnam has shown his work in Washington, D C., was a featured artist in Wisconsin and Georgia and has taught blacksmithing at craft schools throughout the United States.
His breakthrough moment, however, came in 1986 when he was hired to do work tor the National Cathedral. Over a period of years he > crafted three gates, tour six-toot candeiabras and a few other pieces on commission.
That was a really good gig, as they say," he said.
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