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Beginner Blacksmithing with Mark Aspery: Level I (part 2) August 13th & 14th, 2025

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Level II final project – Gate latch

The project consists of the tapered staple, the latch and the keep. Hot forged.

What to wear/safety equipment :

-Cotton pants and long sleeved shirt (synthetics are potentially flammable).

-Leather boots (NO open toed sandals/shoes-tennis shoes are not recommended for safety). Make sure your pants fit over the tops of your boots so nothing hot can fall in.

-Safety glasses, ear plugs, and a dust mask. Long hair must be tied back.

-Leather gloves to protect your hands and a notebook to take notes.

-Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated, and snacks if you want.

PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE 10 MINUTES BEFORE CLASS IS SCHEDULED SO EVERYONE CAN GET SET UP.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Mark Aspery:

I currently own and operate my own school for blacksmiths in California, USA. My training as a smith began after leaving high-school in the UK, after starting work at a small fabrication & engineering firm that boasted a blacksmith shop. Over the years, I have worked for several smiths, as well as teaching in trade schools.

A certified journeyman smith with the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths, and currently an Associate of the company (AWCB); I’m also a certified farrier with the American Farriers Association (AFA). Although I maintain that these qualifications and a Dollar/Pound will only get you a cup of pretty-poor tasting coffee/tea, but that the endeavors were priceless.

Currently, I’m writing a fourth volume in my ‘How to’ blacksmith book series, “The Skills of a Blacksmith”. I’m careful not to call myself a traditional smith, perhaps classical is a more apt phrase. I do not take any regular commission work, just the occasional small job, I am quite out-of-touch with that side of the profession, but I have put of lot of effort into teaching blacksmithing, and that is how I am known in the profession.

I’m as much a student of blacksmithing as the next smith, and always ready to learn more, taking classes where and when I can; with a subject this vast, how can I say anything else.

Blacksmith Mark Aspery

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Intermediate Blacksmithing Face The Iron with Jon Anderson June 21-22

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PLEASE NOTE** The date for this class has passed, but if you are interested in taking a future class, please let us know at info@cascadiaart.org    so we can schedule it again. 

 

Join Uncle Jon’s forge and open up your imagination.  In this intermediate class I will share my approach to creating caricatures with their own personality.

By repurposing old chisels and punches into an eye punch, a fuller, and a butcher  we will make the tools I like to use in this process.  I will show you my approach to bring iron to life.

What to wear/safety equipment :

-Cotton pants and long sleeved shirt (synthetics are potentially flammable).

-Leather or canvas shoes/boots. (NO open toed sandals/shoes-tennis shoes are not recommended for safety). Make sure your pants fit over the tops of your boots so nothing hot can fall in.

-Safety glasses, ear plugs, and a dust mask. Long hair must be tied back.

-Leather gloves to protect your hands and a notebook to take notes.

-Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated, and snacks if you want.

PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE 30 MINUTES BEFORE CLASS IS SCHEDULED SO EVERYONE CAN GET SET UP.

Tagged With: blacksmith, sculpture, tool making

Beginner Blacksmithing with Mark Aspery: Level I (part 1) August 11th & 12th, 2025

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Level I – Basics of Blacksmithing

Start your journey in Blacksmithing with Master Smith Mark Aspery! Learn the basic skills such as drawing a point, making some basic hand tools, and learning the parts of an anvil and what they are used for. You will learn to make punch and chisels forged and heat treated and flux spoon for projects. You will also learn hammer techniques, general safety, and how to use a propane forge.

Tapers, forging your own tools and heat treatment, basic forge welding (flux spoon). 

To see the high caliber of Marks work, visit his website

What to wear/safety equipment :

-DRINK WATER THE NIGHT BEFORE AND DURING CLASS,
HYDRATION IS VERY IMPORTANT!

-Cotton pants and long sleeved shirt (synthetics are potentially flammable).

-Leather boots (NO open toed sandals/shoes-tennis shoes are not recommended for safety). Make sure your pants fit over the tops of your boots so nothing hot can fall in.

-Safety glasses, ear plugs, and a dust mask. Long hair must be tied back.

-Leather gloves to protect your hands and a notebook to take notes.

-Bring a water bottle to stay hydrated, and snacks if you want.

PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE 10 MINUTES BEFORE CLASS IS SCHEDULED SO EVERYONE CAN GET SET UP.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Mark Aspery:

I currently own and operate my own school for blacksmiths in California, USA. My training as a smith began after leaving high-school in the UK, after starting work at a small fabrication & engineering firm that boasted a blacksmith shop. Over the years, I have worked for several smiths, as well as teaching in trade schools.

A certified journeyman smith with the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths, and currently an Associate of the company (AWCB); I’m also a certified farrier with the American Farriers Association (AFA). Although I maintain that these qualifications and a Dollar/Pound will only get you a cup of pretty-poor tasting coffee/tea, but that the endeavors were priceless.

Currently, I’m writing a fourth volume in my ‘How to’ blacksmith book series, “The Skills of a Blacksmith”. I’m careful not to call myself a traditional smith, perhaps classical is a more apt phrase. I do not take any regular commission work, just the occasional small job, I am quite out-of-touch with that side of the profession, but I have put of lot of effort into teaching blacksmithing, and that is how I am known in the profession.

I’m as much a student of blacksmithing as the next smith, and always ready to learn more, taking classes where and when I can; with a subject this vast, how can I say anything else.

Blacksmith Mark Aspery

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Blacksmith Week 2025 August 14th – 17th

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Please join us for a full week of spectacular live demonstrations, classes and comradery!

Special kick-off live demonstrations at Timberline Lodge, August 10 & 11 by Darryl Nelson & Joe Vachon. Ullman Patio 11am-3pm. Free event!

https://www.timberlinelodge.com/events

CCAC Blacksmith Shop Demonstrators:

Darryl Nelson, Mark Aspery, Hunter Dahlberg, Joe Elliott, Anton Yakushev, & Ben Czyhold.

Mark Aspery will be teaching two classes starting August 11th (separate ticket required for this class, limited to 6 participants)

Level 1 (part 1): Beginning Blacksmithing

Level I (part 2): Making a Gate Latch

Details:

Sunday 8/10 & Monday 8/11 Free demonstrations @ Timberline Lodge with CCAC’s Darryl Nelson & Joe Vachon. Ullman Patio 11am-3pm

Thursday 8/14:
4pm Meet, Greet, Pre-registration & Check-in
6:30pm– Darryl Nelson, “Joggeling for Fun & Profit”
Friday 8/15:
8am registration open
9am-Hunter Dahlberg,  “An exploration of joinery in pursuit of a lamp”
1pm-Mark Aspery, National curriculum project.
6:30pm-Joe Elliott, Architectural detail in structural steel.
8pm-Open forge & gas propane campfire
Saturday 8/16:
8am registration open
9am-Hunter Dahlberg, “An exploration of joinery continues”
1pm Mark Aspery, projects from the National curriculum.
7pm-Open forge & gas propane campfire
Sunday 8/17:
9am Anton Yakushev, sculpture
12pm– Break down

Adult, Student & Family tickets on sale now!

IF you would like to DONATE to the CCAC and support further Art Education, please do so at this link. 

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