From: mspencer@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: trial.rec.metalworking
Subject: Blacksmith groups - Jy 92
Keywords: blacksmith
Date: 26 Aug 92 04:05:54 GMT
Reply-To: mspencer@quasar.sba.dal.ca
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Blacksmithing groups -- Rev. 07 Jy 92 
                     -- Updates & corrections since June 92
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If you're interested in blacksmithing, the best way to get started is to 
hang out with somebody who's already doing it.  The following is a list of 
local blacksmithing groups across the US and Canada.  Most of these groups 
have regular meets which vary from Saturday afternoon around a forge, 
swapping techniques (and yarns :-) to week-end blowouts with an invited 
demonstrator or lecturer, all-night forging, a tailgate tool market, 
barbecued steer, forging competitions, anvil-blowing and other arcane 
recreations blessed by Hephaestus.
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The Artist Blacksmiths Association of North America is an international 
organization with a full-time executive secretary.  If you don't find a local
smithing group near you in this list, try calling Janelle at ABANA.  ABANA
has a quarterly magazine, The Anvil's Ring, and biannual conferences (next 
one in 1994).

Janelle Gilbert (Executive Secretary)
Artist Blacksmiths' Association of North America
PO Box 1181, Nashville, Indiana 77448
(812) 988-6919
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Local blacksmithing groups
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* Note: "Ed:" refers to editor of the group's newsletter.

ALABAMA FORGE COUNCIL:
  Pres: Gavin Harris, Rt. 1 Greasy Cove, Gallant, AL 35972, (205) 538-8029
    Ed: Clay Spencer, 208 Metaire Lane, Madison AL 35758, (205) 837-6996

APPALACHIAN AREA CHAPTER:
  Pres: Joe Humble, 5029 Montcrest Dr., Chattanooga TN 37416, (615) 344-9649
    Ed: Joe Humble (same as above)

APPALACHIAN BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Robert Elliott, Rt. 1, Box 62, Faimont, WV 26554, (304) 534-3685
    Ed: Jeff Harris, 1 Maple Lane, Elkview WV 25071, (304) 965-6476

ARIZONA ARTIST BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION:
   Pres: Bill Callaway, 3646 W. Lawrence Lane, Phoenix AZ 85051, (602) 973-4142
     Ed: Same as above

BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI:
  Pres: Tom Clark, HC 87 Box 5780, Potosi MO 63664 (314) 438-4725
    Ed: Walt Hull, 2043 Massachusetts St., Lawrence KS 66046, (913) 842-2954

BLACKSMITH GUILD/CENTRAL MARYLAND:
  Pres: Mike Kaiser, 8502 Woodville Rd., Mt. Airey MD 21771, (301) 829-1942
    Ed: Albin Drzewianoski, 1045 Poole rd., Westminster MD 21157, (410) 848-0731

BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION OD WESTERN AUSTRALIA
  Pres: Kieth Harding, 25 Burnham Way, Girrawheen, Western Australia 6064, no phone
    Ed: Jo Mazzarol, 52 cleveland st., Dianella, Western Australia, 6062
        Phone: 276-6170

BLACKSMITH'S GUILD OF THE POTOMAC:
  Pres: Jan Kochansky, 10807 Bornedale Rd., Adelphi MD 20783, (410) 937-6538
    Ed: Ned Edelen, PO Box 68, Bryantown MD 20617-0068, (410) 274-3387

CALIFORNIA BLACKSMITH'S ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Richard Schrader, 1576 Montgomery, Vista CA 92083, (619) 941-1978
    Ed: Bob Thompson, 8095 Morningside Dr., Loomis CA 95650, (916) 791-1236

FLORIDA ARTIST BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Tico Rubio, PO Box 83, Barberville FL 32105-0083 (904) 749-3327
    Ed: Pete Brandenburg, 1532 Old Okeechobee Rd. Suite 103, W. Palm Beach FL 
          33409, (407)640-0445

GREAT PLAINS BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION:
PO Box 17613, Wichata, KS 67217
  Pres: Steve Hurlock, 2939 Soouth Osage, Wichita KS 67217, no phone listed
    Ed: Matthew Wills, PO Box 246, Conway Springs KS 67031, No phone listed

GUILD OF METALSMITHS:
  Pres: Doug Johnson, 420 Cemetary Rd., River Falls WI 54022, (715) 425-5181
    Ed: Marcia McEachron, 420 N. 5th, Rm. 585, Minneapolis MN 55401 
        (612) 825-3644

ILLINOIS VALLEY BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: John Housour, RR #1 Box 372 Charterwood, Bloomington IL 61704
        (309) 663-2800
    Ed: Jerry Grimes, 321 E. Jefferson, Pittsfield IL 62363, (217) 285-6649

INDIANA BLACKSMITHS' ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Charles Hess, RR #1, Box 452A, WHitestown IN 46075, (317) 769-3809
    Ed: Terry Walls, 500 W. Williams Rd., Bloomington IN 47401, (812) 876-2725

INLAND NORTHWEST BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Clyde Chamberlin, 101 N. 46th, West Richland WA 99352, (509) 967-5358
    Ed: Tanya Sorenson, 2015 Hawk Court, West Richland WA 99352, 
        (509) 967-9402

KENTUCKY BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Craig Kavin, 147 Stevenson Ave., Louisville KY 40206, no phone

LOUISIANA METALSMITHS ASSOCIATION
  Pres: David Mudge, 15227 Mansfield Rd. Bogalusa LA 70427, (504) 735-0049
    Ed: Kella Simonin, 15048 White Oak Run, Pride LA 70770, (504) 261,6917
 
MARITIME ARTIST BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION
  Contact:  Michael Spencer, RR #2, Italy Cross, NS, Canada B0J 1V0
            (902) 543-8375, Email: mspencer@quasar.sba.dal.ca,
            mspencer@athena.mit.edu
  or:       Chap Haynes, RR #4, Tatamagouche NS Canada B0K 1V0 (902) 657-3355

MICHIGAN ARTIST-BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Ron Bishop, 6801 Merrit, Ypsilanti MI 48103, (313) 483-5909
    Ed: Silvia Williams, 2393 Paris, Troy MI 48083, (313) 528-0473

MID-ATLANTIC SMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Don Plummer, 392 Hallam Mill Rd., Phoenixville PA 19460
        (215) 495-5058
    Ed: Judy Boone, 137 Hedgewood Dr., Greenbelt MD 20770, (301) 474-2967

MISSISSIPPI FORGE COUNCIL:
  Pres: Grady Holley Jr., Rt. 5 Box 141, Vicksburg MS 39180, (601) 634-8803
    Ed: Benny & Linda Crevitt, RFD #13 Box 48,Meridian MS 39301, 
        (601) 483-7025

NEW ENGLAND BLACKSMITHS:
  Pres: Russel Pope, 32 N. Main St., Newmarket NH 03857, (603) 659-2595
    Ed: Ed Grove, RR #1 Box 527, Brownfield ME 04010, (207) 935-2262

NEW YORK STATE DESIGNER BLACKSMITHS:
  Pres: Steve Joslyn, 1841 LeMoyne Ave., Syracuse NY 13208, (315) 454-3855
    Ed: Jeff Sefl, 6450 Byron-Holly Rd., Byron NY 14922 (716) 477-8290

NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF ABANA:
  Pres: Jerry Darnell, 710 Railroad ave, Southern Pine NC 28387, 
        (919) 692-6914
    Ed: Charles Hinton, 413 Greensboro Ave, Sanford NC 27330-3934 
        (919) 776-4282

NORTHEASTERN BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Leonard Masters, PO Box 343, Crompond NY 10517, (914) 739-5475
    Ed: Jim Stapleford, 4A Black Rd., Shokan NY 12481, (914) 657-8212

NORTH TEXAS BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Jack Allen, 735 Nottingham Dr, Richardson TX 75080, (214) 231-1038
    Ed: Jy Silber, 2007 Old McGarrah, McKinney TX 75070, (214) 540-1619

NORTHWEST BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Grant Sarver, 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma WA 98421, (206) 572-7460 daytime
    Ed: Margret Byers, 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma WA 98421, (206) 572-7460 daytime

NORTHWEST OHIO BLACKSMITHS:
  Pres: Bob William, 14118 Bishop Rd, Bowling Green OH 43402, (419) 353-6221
    Ed: Butch & Cindy Sheely, 14350 W. Poe Rd., Bowling Green OH 43402, 
        (419) 352-5864

ONTARIO ARTIST-BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Eileen Yorysh, 30 King St., Saint Jacobs, Ontario, Canada N0B 1N0
        (519) 664-3622
    Ed: Peter & Paul McComb, 680 Wonderland Rd. North, Apt. 604, London,
        Ontario, Canada N6H 4T6, (519) 473-9176

OREGON CHAPTER OF ABANA:
  Pres: Dave Thompson, 4440 Theona Dr., Eugene OR 97402, (503) 688-2348

PENNSYLVANIA ARTIST BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Mark Smith, 248 W. Main St, Hummelstown PA 17036, (717) 566-6557

PITTSBURG AREA ARTIST-BLACKSMITHS:
  Pres: Bob Selvaggio, 5096 Hardt Rd, Gibsonia PA 15044, (412) 443-0375
    Ed: John Harrington, 98 Dobson Rd., Mars PA 16046 (412) 625-2398

PRAIRIE BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Wes Mosier, Rt 1, Box 145, Edgar NE 68935, (402) 224-4139
    Ed: Everett Browning, Box 355, Peru NE 68421, (402) 872-5945

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMITHS:
  Pres: Jim Flemming, PO Box 1212, Breckenridge CO 80424, (303) 453-4477

SOUTHERN OHIO FORGE AND ANVIL:
  Pres: Ron Thompson, 17166 Mason Rd., Sidney OH 45365 (513) 492-2259
    Ed: Ken Scharabok, PO Box 33399, Dayton OH 45433-0399, (513) 427-2447

SOUTHWEST ARTIST-BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Paul Reynolds, 903 Lead S.W., Albuquerque NM 87102, (505) 243-2218
    Ed: Leonard Stans, PO Box 5638, Albuquerque NM 87104, (505) 821-6356

TEXAS ARTIST BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Lance Cloutier, 12885 Alice Lane, Tyler TX 75703, (214) 581-4774
    Ed: Ellis Burges, PO Box 504, Castroville TX 78009, (512) 538-2298

TULLIE SMITHS BLACKSMITH GUILD:
  Pres: Clay Smith, 3007 Leafwood Dr., Marietta GA 30067, (404) 952-0694
    Ed: Ed Bond, 2695 South Arbor Dr, Marietta GA 30066, no phone

UPPER MIDWEST BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Pres: Jeff Rasper, 1808 W. Salem, Milwaukee WI 53221, (414) 761-0111
    Ed: Paul Sperbeck, 313 Hillview Cir., Waukesha WI 53188, (414) 544-0784

WESTERN CANADIAN BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
PO Box 8743 Station L, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6C 4J5
  Pres: Alan Bruch, Box 302, Onoway, Alberta, Canada T0E 1V0 (403) 967-5092
    Ed: Trent Rollof, RR #3, South Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 4N7, 
        (403) 955-7873

VANCOUVER ISLAND BLACKSMITHS ASSOCIATION:
  Address: C/O Saanich Historical Artifacts Society, Box 134, Saanichton BC, 
          Canada V0S 1M0, Phone: ?
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I also have some addresses in UK, Germany and Russia if you're not in 
North America.  E-mail me at one of the addresses below, not at the 
address from which this was posted.
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Michael Spencer             | Only two blacksmiths ever went to Hell:
mspencer@quasar.sba.dal.ca  | One for beating cold Iron, and
mspencer@athena.mit.edu     | One for charging too little.
                                                  --  Bert Shaw, Ph.D.