Cascadia Center For Arts & Crafts
Connecting Community with Art
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In this 1 day, hands on course. Safety, body mechanics, tools, and the working properties of hot steel will be addressed, as well as various techniques, such as: tapering, scrolling, twisting, bending, drilling, punching, hot cutting, flat peening, upsetting and shouldering.
In this class we will be exploring the rudimentary hammer techniques used, step by step, to forge a knife blade to shape from scrap steels with very little use of a grinder. This class is centered around the clever techniques of ancient smiths melded with the minimal help of modern tools. Research the “Neo-Tribal Bladesmithing” movement and “Tai Goo” for more info on this philosophy and methodology.
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The main project will be a coat hanger. Sounds simple, but it does capture many of the basic skills of blacksmithing. Material management, drawing out, isolating material, making an aesthetic curl, punching a hole, symmetry, etc.
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The main project for this class will be making a simple blacksmith’s lock. This is not a complicated lock with wards and all, but a simple screw locking mechanism. Very traditional, though there is room to be as creative as you wish. This will involve some fairly simple blacksmithing, hacksaw work, drilling and tapping. Nothing too precise. If you’re willing to swing a hammer and use a saw, you can do this project.
Sculptural forms. Students will be able to focus on traditional and nontraditional methods and techniques of joinery and design. We will practice how ancient forging craft of blacksmithing can make a contemporary modern piece of art.
In this 1 day, hands on course. Safety, body mechanics, tools, and the working properties of hot steel will be addressed, as well as various techniques, such as: tapering, scrolling, twisting, bending, drilling, punching, hot cutting, flat peening, upsetting and shouldering.
Kicking off Blacksmith Week 2025 this class will teach the basics of Blacksmithing with a Level I (part 1) class with Mark Aspery.
Kicking off Blacksmith Week 2025 this Level I (part 2) class will create a gorgeous Gate Latch with renowned blacksmith Mark Aspery.
Please join us in beautiful Government Camp, Oregon for CCAC Blacksmith Week 2025!
