Assuming this is supposed to be ancient Greece, or thereabouts, clothing was.... less of a priority. It was not uncommon to just forgo clothing if it was going to get dirty especially if you only had a few sets of clothes.
The peoples we term ancient Greeks were obsessed with nudity, especially the male form, but there is a difference between artistic ideal and behavior. Nudity in life was generally taboo, but may have been used as a kind of ritual costume in special circumstances (based on artistic and linguistic evidence). That said, a blacksmith who practiced his trade with a bare upper body wouldn't be in business long ;-) Genuinely curious here, could you please post links if you have come across archaeological evidence that the Greeks spent their days in the buff?
My sources:
Bonfante, Larissa. 1989. “Nudity as a Costume in Classical Art.” American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 93, no. 4, Archaeological Institute of America, pp. 543–70, https://doi.org/10.2307/505328.
Hurwit, Jeffrey. 2007. "The problem with Dexileos: Heroic and other nudities in Greek art." American Journal of Archaeology. 111. 35-60.
Wouldn't say they always went around in the buff but it was common in performing athletes or on body training grounds if women were not generally present. "The Greek Body"
By Ian Dennis Jenkins, Victoria Turner.
Spartans were more likely than others to go around naked but it was generally for a reason not just because they decided they didn't want to wear clothes.
Polybius (n.d.). "Histories II.28". uchicago.edu. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
Unless you were a slave then things got iffy. Of course there weren't any laws saying you couldn't just not wear clothes. Interestingly countries that dealt with "barbarians" tended to have more of a stigma about clothing than others.
Plato (1925). "Symposium 182c". Translated by Fowler, Harold N. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
That said you'd be really surprised how many blacksmiths forgo a top when they work. An apron? Absolutely yes. Shirt, meh not really needed if you wear an apron.
Note the smoothness of the hoof that is on the ground, compared to the waviness of the hoof that is being presented. He needs that trimmed up and smoothed.
My sources:
Bonfante, Larissa. 1989. “Nudity as a Costume in Classical Art.” American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 93, no. 4, Archaeological Institute of America, pp. 543–70, https://doi.org/10.2307/505328.
Hurwit, Jeffrey. 2007. "The problem with Dexileos: Heroic and other nudities in Greek art." American Journal of Archaeology. 111. 35-60.
By Ian Dennis Jenkins, Victoria Turner.
Spartans were more likely than others to go around naked but it was generally for a reason not just because they decided they didn't want to wear clothes.
Polybius (n.d.). "Histories II.28". uchicago.edu. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
Unless you were a slave then things got iffy. Of course there weren't any laws saying you couldn't just not wear clothes. Interestingly countries that dealt with "barbarians" tended to have more of a stigma about clothing than others.
Plato (1925). "Symposium 182c". Translated by Fowler, Harold N. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
That said you'd be really surprised how many blacksmiths forgo a top when they work. An apron? Absolutely yes. Shirt, meh not really needed if you wear an apron.