“What do you want to do this for? (They would ask.) I didn’t say I wanted to be an ironworker, I said I wanted to make some money and feed my children. I didn’t say I wanted to do ...

Scrap metal artist Steve Kost experienced trauma as a combat veteran. His eye-popping sculptures are helping others explore ...

Vocational enrollment is up among younger Americans as the toolbelt generation takes shape, and one nurse-turned-union ironworker thinks it's a good opportunity for students to secure their futures.

Word spread fast that jobs were available. "When they were asked, 'Listen, have you ever been an ironworker?'" remembered a worker's son, Skip Lambert, "[They'd say] 'Yeah, I was born an ironworker.

It's one of many creations the ironworker and combat veteran has welded together through his art brand, Metal Health Artwork. "This guy has full movement and expression," said Kost. "I'm going to ...