Brass, aluminum, stainless steel, and copper turn into more than just materials under the care and engineering of kinetic artist Mark Galt, who made a walking mechanical woman, above, and man, below:

There are more gears and kinetic sculptures moving around in the archives.

via La Boite Verte.

Watch what it takes to make a pair of hot fitting tongs — used in horseshoeing — in the limit of 45 minutes at the 2011 World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition.

via Viral Viral Videos.

Pliers! A How It’s Made minisode from the Science Channel. 

There are, by the way, a crazy amount of videos about how things are made in the archives.

Britain’s longest-serving blacksmith is still forging iron in his workshop - at the age of 84. Hardy Fred Harriss, 84, first picked up a hammer and tong aged ten in 1938 and is still working every day 74 years later. 

via Vimeo.

Winner of the Bike Shorts Film Competition, Bicycle Sounds was created by Stephen Meierding, an artist, photographer, and videographer in NYC. It’s a great exploration of rhythm, sound, color and physics. The kid should see this!

via Devour.

More bicycles (and chains!) from our archives.