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Iron Summer 2009 Classes are open to serious students of all levels unless specified in course description; beginners welcome. Session 1 May 24 - June 5  James Wallace James Wallace - Just Forged Iron This is a class in the basics of hot forged iron and steel (plus a wee bit of bronze and aluminum). We will explore all of the fundamental forging processes with the how sharing equally with the why. Tool making and the requisite heat treating will be an integral part of the program. It will be fun, and there will be blisters. All levels. Code 01i Studio artist; founding director of the National Ornamental Metals Museum (TN); taught and lectured from Hereford (UK) to Christchurch (New Zealand); numerous awards and fellowships, but no Nobel Prize. Session 2 June 7 - June 19  April Franklin April Franklin - Steel This Jewelry This class will explore the basics of forging, fabricating, and finishing steel as students create body adornments such as fibulas, bracelets, rings, and belt buckles. We will cover a variety of blacksmithing and jewelry techniques, including cold connections, soldering, welding, forging, etching, and file carving. Forge welding will allow us to create Damascus and textured material to use in our products. We will also cover simple tool making: chisels, drifts, and punches on the scale needed for our projects. Nonferrous metals will be discussed, but only as elements for the enhancement of steel. All levels. Code 02i Studio artist; exhibitions: National Ornamental Metals Museum (TN), Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Craft Alliance (St. Louis); former Penland core fellowship student. Session 3 June 21 - July 3  Jeffrey Funk Jeffrey Funk - 21st Century Blacksmithing This class will explore ideas and practices for blacksmithing in a world with increasingly apparent limits. We will consider the relationships between iron working and society, including energy, fuels, climate change, and how we can move from being part of the problem to part of the solution. Practical objectives will include basic forging skills, learning to work with local fuels and materials, and making items required for our work such as forges, tongs, and hammers, along with objects and tools of interest to each student. All levels. Code 03i Studio artist; public art commissions: Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville), Idaho Panhandle National Forest, City of Missoula (MT); demonstrations: National Ornamental Metals Museum (TN), ABANA conference. Session 4 July 5 - July 17  Nathan Blank Nathan Blank - Enrich Your Environment Crafted items in the home are always fulfilling, but they are especially satisfying when you have made them yourself. This class will focusing on hand-forged functional household objects, starting with items such as candlesticks, drawer pulls, towel racks, and corkscrews. Then students will move on to more challenging individual projects. We will also explore how these items can incorporate contemporary design and sculptural qualities. From the hand hammer to the power hammer, technical demonstrations will focus mostly on forging, although we will cover some metal fabrication as well. All levels. Code 04i Studio artist; Ludwig Vogelstein Grant; work published in "Ironwork Today" and "Art Jewelry Today" by Dona Meilach; work exhibited nationally; gallery representation: Blue Spiral I (NC). Session 5 July 19 - August 4  Ledelle Moe Ledelle Moe - Armatures & Skins This class will investigate both natural and human-made forms using photographs, drawings, and steel armatures. Working with quarter-inch roundbar, rivets, bolts, wire, and electric welding, we will sculpt hollow, volumetric forms, and then apply skins of various sorts, including construction mesh and concrete, tracing paper and matt medium, wire and wax, etc. Please note, this is not a forging class. All levels. Code 05i Studio artist; teaching: Corcoran College of Art (DC), Virginia Commonwealth University, St. Mary's College (MD); Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant; solo exhibitions: Katzen Museum (DC), 80 Gallery (Boston), G-Fine Arts (DC), KwaZulu Natal Society for the Arts (South Africa). Session 6 August 9 - August 21 Wendel Broussard & Doug Wilson - Repoussé & Blacksmithing In this unique team-taught class, Doug will teach traditional hot forging skills and Wendel will teach the French repoussé method of cold metal working to create embellishments for the iron work. At the end of the class we will unite the forged and repoussé components and apply a finish. The class will include design exercises to assist each student in developing their own project. All levels. Code 06i Wendel: studio artist; studied repoussé at Les Compagnons du Devoir (France): teaching: Austin Community College (TX), Campbell Folk School (NC), New England School of Metalwork (ME); featured on HGTV's Modern Masters. 
Wendel Broussard 
Doug Wilson Session 7 August 23 - August 29  Susan Hutchinson Susan Hutchinson - Blacksmithing Fundamentals This is an introductory class in forging and other hand processes: tapers, upsets, bends, twists, joinery, and forge welding. Skills will be taught through assigned projects, with time set aside for independent ideas. We will emphasize cooperation, safety, and how to make cool stuff without a warehouse full of industrial-sized tools. All levels welcome; experienced students can expect more challenging projects. Code 07i Studio artist; teaching: Campbell Folk School (NC), Penland; demonstrated at conferences nationally; member Southern Highlands Craft Guild (NC) and the Ariel Gallery cooperative (NC); former Penland core fellowship student. southernhighlandguild.org/susanhutchinson |
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