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June 2022
June 8 Membership Meeting 2022
June meeting venue to be JJ Hill Farm in North Oaks, MN The June 8 membership meeting will be held at the JJ Hill Farm Historical Society at 35 Hill Farm Circle, North Oaks, MN 55127. Meet at 6:30 pm for potluck, then meeting at 7. This is the remaining part of the JJ Hill farm in North Oaks which at one point was over 3500 acres. The three buildings remaining on site offer us an interesting opportunity to learn…
Find out more »Spring Hammer-In at Nowthen 2022
June 17, 18, 19 at Nowthen Blacksmith Shop Days and times: Friday, June 17: 7:30pm-11:00pm Saturday, June 18: All Day Sunday, June 29: 8am till 3:00 pm. Hot stuff will be happening at the annual Spring Hammer-in taking place at the Nowthen Historical Power Association Blacksmith Shop (map below) where we will focus our efforts on the Fall Conference contest: "body adornment" (wearable) items. Come and hang out with a bunch of your friends, make new friends, and share/learn some…
Find out more »Bronze Pour Workshop 1 of 3, 2022 POSTPONED!
Saturday, June 25, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Informational Session & Pattern Making Workshop (Class 1 of 3) Saturday, July 9, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm: Mold Making (continued Sunday if necessary) (Class 2 of 3) Saturday July 16, 10 am - Evening: Mold Preparation & Pour (Class 3 of 3) Instructors: Hicks, Bettenberg, Brockman, Zadworny Class size: 4 - 6 Registration Due June 11, 2022 We’ll be casting silicon bronze into two-part (cope and drag) sand molds from your…
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Bronze Pour Workshop 2 of 3, 2022 POSTPONED!
Saturday, June 25, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Informational Session & Pattern Making Workshop (Class 1 of 3) Saturday, July 9, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm: Mold Making (continued Sunday if necessary) (Class 2 of 3) Saturday July 16, 10 am - Evening: Mold Preparation & Pour (Class 3 of 3) Instructors: Hicks, Bettenberg, Brockman, Zadworny Class size: 4 - 6 Registration Due June 11, 2022 We’ll be casting silicon bronze into two-part (cope and drag) sand molds from your…
Find out more »Bottle Opener Class 2022
Maximum students: 8 Minimum students: 4 Cost: $50 Instructor: Martin Pansch Location: The Pansch Farm, 8750 Yale Avenue, Young America, MN 55397 How many times have you been sitting in your lounge chair with a cold bottled beverage in your hand and suddenly realized that you had lost your bottle opener? How many times have you cut your delicate hands with a twist top that was installed by malicious robots in the production lines, bent on world domination? How many…
Find out more »Bronze Pour Workshop 3 of 3, 2022–POSTPONED!
Saturday, June 25, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Informational Session & Pattern Making Workshop (Class 1 of 3) Saturday, July 9, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm: Mold Making (continued Sunday if necessary) (Class 2 of 3) Saturday July 16, 10 am - Evening: Mold Preparation & Pour (Class 3 of 3) Instructors: Hicks, Bettenberg, Brockman, Zadworny Class size: 4 - 6 Registration Due June 11, 2022 We’ll be casting silicon bronze into two-part (cope and drag) sand molds from your…
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