movement death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date article_title name bgcolour
studio craft movement in jewelry and hollowware february 7 , 2013 -lrb- aged 78 -rrb- carbondale , illinois topeka , kansas american metalsmithing july 26 , 1934 l. brent kington
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l. brent kington

l. brent kington -lrb- july 26 , 1934 -- february 7 , 2013 -rrb- was an art educator and visual artist who worked in blacksmithing and sculpture .
kington was a product of the studio craft movement in jewelry and hollowware .
in 1969 he served as the first president of the society of north american goldsmiths .
he is frequently hailed as the man responsible for the blacksmithing revival which took place in the late 1960s and early 1970s .
