June 2015 TGoM Membership Meeting

The June 10 Metalsmiths meeting will be held at Cliff Larsen’s shop just north of Vermillion, MN, at 18190 Fischer Ave, Hastings, MN.
The usual pot luck begins at 6:30 with the business meeting, iron in the hat, and show and tell to happen simultaneously.  We will need all the time before dark for our two demonstrators.
Lou Groth will demonstrate making forged iron handles for mason jars.  The forge will be open at about 3:00 pm, and folks can make their own handle. For $5 you’ll be supplied with a mason jar and precut metal, and you’ll go home with your own mug.
Also, Bob Brown will demonstrate making “Roycroft” style vessels.  Using copper pipe and ball peen hammer, he shapes textured vases.
Questions? Call meeting champion Susan Wood at 612-727-1752 or anvilclock@gmail.com (put “metal smith” in the subject line so messages don’t go to spam).

Iron in the Hat event:
The theme for the June Iron in the Hat exchange will be Barbeque/Fire Pit tools. This can include anything you can think of that one might use when either grilling or sitting around the fire in the backyard enjoying the evening. Possible items include, but are not limited to:
·    Fleshforks
·    Spatulas
·    Steak turners
·    Fire pokers
·    Tongs (for food, not steel)
·    Marshmallow spitjack rotisseries
·    Anything else you can think of.
For those of you who missed the last few Iron in the Hats, the rules are simple: if you want to participate, you make an item of the given theme (see above) and bring it with you to the June meeting (10 June 2015 at Chateau La Leprechaun in Vermillion, MN. Everyone participating gets their names drawn from a hat. Someone goes home with your item and you go home with some else’s.
So let your imagination run free and try something you have never attempted before. The point of the exercise it to give people an excuse to make something and to forge bonds between fellow Guilders.