{"id":900,"date":"2021-11-01T18:31:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T18:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/?page_id=900"},"modified":"2024-11-17T21:50:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T21:50:03","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/?page_id=900&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT ME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Viljar Pettai<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since childhood, I have been fascinated by fire and playing with it. However, simply setting things on fire has never appealed to me. Instead, I discovered that fire and energy can be directed toward something much more meaningful \u2013 creation. For example, giving iron life, meaning, and form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started working with metal at a young age, and today I have nearly 20 years of experience in blacksmithing. Initially, I gained my skills through self-learning, but I later refined them at the Vana-Vigala Technical and Service School, where I studied blacksmithing and stone carving from 2001 to 2003. After graduating, I honed my craft further under the guidance of Jaak Krivin, a blacksmith from P\u00f5ltsamaa. From 2004 to 2007, I pursued a higher applied education in metalworking at the V\u00e4imela Vocational Education Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My goal is to offer clients creative and unique solutions while preserving the traditional essence of blacksmithing. I forge everything from small nails to large gates \u2013 and everything in between.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"433\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/laadal2.jpg\" alt=\"Viljar Pettai at fair\" class=\"wp-image-970 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/laadal2.jpg 433w, https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/laadal2-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viljar Pettai Since childhood, I have been fascinated by fire and playing with it. However, simply setting things on fire has never appealed to me. Instead, I discovered that fire and energy can be directed toward something much more meaningful \u2013 creation. For example, giving iron life, meaning, and form. I started working with metal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1156,"href":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/900\/revisions\/1156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estonianblacksmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}