Once considered a dying art form, this fun, rewarding craft is alive again as blacksmiths around the world explore the limits of metalwork using both old and new techniques. This summer, the Smoke Farm School Project is proud to offer the opportunity for high school students to attend a two day beginning blacksmithing workshop at Smoke Farm, one hour north of Seattle. Each workshop will introduce basic forging techniques through the forging of personal blacksmithing tools which will then be used to complete additional projects. Among the tools to be made are a punch, a cutting chisel, a pair of tongs, a spring fuller, and a drift. A demonstration of each item will be given by one of the professional blacksmiths on our staff.
Scholarships are available, please inquire when requesting registration materials.
Each session can include only 10 to 12 students, so space is extremely limited.