Kenneth Spivey

Hello, I’m Kennen Spivey a 10th generation metal smith and craftsmen. I own a business called Fire and brimstone forge where I educate aspiring artist and create most of my work utilizing lost arts, old world crafts, and trades passed down through generations. I typically create works in hand Forged Metal, Leather, Wood, Stained Glass, and Stone. Having worked several years as a professional Jeweler and designer, I also hand engrave and make jewelry, cutting my own stones through lapidary. I am an extremely active member in the art and craft community being a member of the Forge Council, Art Guild, Leather Guild, and former Vice President of the Central Alabama Artist Guild.

One of my first jobs was working for LEGO, then for a jewelry company named James Avery. I took on these jobs to enhance my skill and knowledge of design and crafting. Upon my graduation from my second masters I was immediately hired by scad and was a metals professor shortly before being hired by Disney’s Marvel franchise to make various and extremely recognized props for the Avengers movies. Here I worked with the best of the best artist and craftsman from around the world! I later went independent though I still work in the entertainment industry I now t...

Master smith - SLOSS Furnace apprenticeship program. 2003
undergrad in art, bachelors in science from the university of Montevallo AL 2008
Masters in Education from the University of Montevallo in Alabama 2011
Masters in Fine Arts, Sculpture from SCAD in Atlanta Georgia graduating with honors and a gpa of 4.0, 2015
I now run my own educational facility and teach as the professor of lost arts. Present

“The Hours Spent”. Private exhibition in Rhodes Hall, midtown Atlanta.
“Times ticking” Aldridge gardens public show In Hoover Alabama
“Forging for time” Artist on the bluff, Hoover AL