Cascadia Center For Arts & Crafts
Connecting Community with Art
Kick off Blacksmith Week with a 2 day class with Bend artist Joe Elliot. Classes will be from 9-2 Wednesday August 14th and Thursday August 15th Class fee: $350 or bundle with Blacksmith Week registration fee for $400 Mokume class Day 1: make a billet using copper and brass Day 2: cut the billet to […]
You will learn how to make the punches and chisels needed to sculp a dragon’s head on the end of a bar of steel; learn how to pre-form the head by hammer and anvil, chisel out the beard, ears, mouth and teeth; punch the eyes and nostrils; and form additional details that will bring it -and new possibilities in your work- to life.
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.
