Blacksmith Basics

Blacksmith Basics

Summer Youth | FULL

291 Whiconier Road Brookfield, CT 06804 United States

The Good Forge

Ages 11 - 17

Monday, July 22, 2024-Friday, July 26, 2024

9:00 AM-12:00 PM on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri

$254.00

$250.00

Spend a fun filled week learning how to bend and shape steel in our Good Forge. Our well trained professional artists will use the forge and anvils to teach you traditional blacksmithing techniques such as drawing, bending, twisting, punching, slitting, and drifting. Students will learn to forge with confidence and complete projects such as a hook, fork, or marshmallow roaster.

 *SAFETY FIRST*

Safety Guidelines will be discussed and reviewed 

Required: Closed toe shoes, Fitted sleeves, Long hair tied back

  • *There is a $4 registration fee included in tuition.

    *Members will have the $4 fee deducted from tuition.

Simon Rhodes has been forging blades for 8 years, since taking a blacksmithing class at the Brookfield Craft Center at age 11. Since then he has apprenticed under ABS Journeyman smith and forged-in-fire champion, Matt Parkinson, and been published in both Blade and Knives magazines.