John Burtner is the resident blacksmith at the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro, North Carolina, where landfill gas fires the forge in his state-of-the-art studio.  In this studio he crafts ironwork pieces that are both beautiful and practical.  He also creates custom work incorporating iron, copper, steel and wood for indoor and outdoor applications.

Some of John's work can be found at Oaks Gallery in Dillsboro, It's By Nature in Sylva and Gallery of the Mountains in the Grove Park Inn in Asheville