Michael Felk, is one of a few of his kind, desiring to perpetuate the growth of an early European trade little understood but extremely important in the history of the new republic of the United States of America. Since 1994, he has provided over 1000 professional interpretive shows in both the public educational, museum, and Agricultural Fairs, describing the artisan trade of Tin-smithing as it would occur in the 18th and 19th centuries of early America. He is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has combined both College and over twenty four years of professional experience in both research and direct applications of ornamental period products and services. He is happily married, and has two children and resides in Yadkinville, NC.