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September 2017
2017 Pre-Conference 1-Day Workshop
Pre-Conference 1-Day Workshop Instructors: Stephen Mankowski & Shelton Browder (demonstrators for TGoM's 2017 Fall Conference Class size: Maximum students: 16 Minimum students: 10 Tools and Equipment or other items participants are to bring to the class. forge, anvil, basic tools - specific tools for the project will be listed in an acceptance letter Special Instructions: stock & coal will be provided Class Description: Steve Mankowski and Shelton Browder have shared blacksmith experience at historic Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, demonstrating traditional…
Find out more »Instructor Mandatory Workshop 2017
The Education Committee requests your presence at your choice of one of the following dates: Saturday August 26, 2017 at the Minnesota School of Horseshoe. Sunday August 27, 2017 at the Minnesota School of Horseshoe. Saturday September 23, 2017 at the Wasmund shop in Cleveland We will make other dates available if necessary The Education Committee would like to invite you to discuss the new curriculum we have set with a Beginners 2 day, a beginner’s Intermediate 1 Day and…
Find out more »Beginning Blacksmithing Level 1A-1 of 2 is FULL!
In an effort to give more new blacksmiths an opportunity to learn how to forge steel, the Beginning Blacksmith class format has been modified and split into three separate classes. Students will need to sign up for each level separately. It is recommended that first time students begin with level 1, then level 2, then project classes before taking more advanced classes offered by the Guild (hammer making, tongs, struck tools, etc,). This path provides a common background skill set…
Find out more »October 2017
Beginning Blacksmithing Level 1A-2 of 2 is FULL!
In an effort to give more new blacksmiths an opportunity to learn how to forge steel, the Beginning Blacksmith class format has been modified and split into three separate classes. Students will need to sign up for each level separately. It is recommended that first time students begin with level 1, then level 2, then project classes before taking more advanced classes offered by the Guild (hammer making, tongs, struck tools, etc,). This path provides a common background skill set…
Find out more »October 2017 Membership Meeting
The October 11th Guild meeting will be held at the Jackson Street Roundhouse (193 W Pennsylvania Ave, St Paul, MN 55130). For the meeting we will not plan for any demonstrations but invite all our members to bring in pieces of metalwork or other items that they have made or acquired over the years. We have just celebrated our 40th year, so there is bound to be something not shown in awhile. Please remember items you have shown before have…
Find out more »Beginning Blacksmithing Level 1B-1 of 2 is FULL!
In an effort to give more new blacksmiths an opportunity to learn how to forge steel, the Beginning Blacksmith class format has been modified and split into three separate classes. Students will need to sign up for each level separately. It is recommended that first time students begin with level 1, then level 2, then project classes before taking more advanced classes offered by the Guild (hammer making, tongs, struck tools, etc,). This path provides a common background skill set…
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