The discovery of iron and how to work it changed human history. Tools, weapons, and daily life haven't been the same since. Here's your teen's chance to learn to control one of the basic elements of modern human life.
In this class he or she will be introduced to the basic smithing techniques of hammering, drawing-out, cutting, bending, and twisting. Using these techniques and a coal-fired forge he or she will heat a piece of iron to brilliant incandescence and with anvil, hammer, and tongs create a decorative and useful 'S'-hook.
This class is not limited to teens, but we do try to make sure that the teens outnumber the adults. The material presented is the same as in our regular "A Taste of Blacksmithing" class, but the class is scheduled to suit the time-constraints of a teen-ager.
Gift Certificates for A Teen's First Taste of Blacksmithing are available.
one 3.5-hour meeting with a half-hour lunch break. dates×
Instructor: Carl West
Fee: $65
Maximum 8 students, two per forge
Please wear proper clothing for visiting or working in the forge:
closed toe shoes (preferably leather, preferably high-topped. Sneakers are sufficient, sandals, crocs, pumps, mules... are not), natural fiber clothing, long pants that cover the tops of the shoes.
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This class is either: If you're interested in taking A Teen's First Taste of Blacksmithing and it's not on the calendar, please tell us using our Notification-List Page.
Dates and Times:
If none of the dates below work for you (or are already full), we suggest you
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(The notification list gets emailed soon after classes are put on the schedule.)
- not upcoming on our schedule,
- or we've fallen behind in our clerical duties and not entered it in the database.
If you found it on our calendar page, we are planning to offer it on that date.