This class continues where "A Taste of Blacksmithing" leaves off. You'll learn more about shop safety and begin to work on forge-fire management, while being guided thorough a series of projects that will begin to build your repertoire of basic blacksmithing techniques, including:

drawing bending cutting twisting

fullering punching drifting riveting

Typical projects in Rudiments I include forks, tongs, and ivy-leaf finials. There will be time after the hammers are down for questions and further discussion. Taking the classes Rudiments I, Rudiments II, and Rudiments III is the equivalent of taking The Basics of Blacksmithing class.

12 hours total in either 4 3-hour sessions or 6 2-hour sessions.    dates&times

Students should have taken A Taste of Blacksmithing, or have some slight blacksmithing experience.

Instructor: Carl West    Fee: $320; a discount applies if signing up for all three Rudiments classes at once.    Class size is limited to 4 students (one per forge).

Gift Certificates for Rudiments of Blacksmithing I are available.

Please wear proper clothing for visiting or working in the forge: closed toe shoes (preferably leather, preferably high-topped), natural fiber clothing, long pants that cover the tops of the shoes. Click here for more safety information.

Dates and Times:
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