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Beginner Blacksmithing I - Decorative Hooks and More
Learn some blacksmithing fundamentals from Joe Vachon, the Season 6, Episode 27, Forged In Fire Champion
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Saturday, July 1 · 1 - 5pm PDT
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Cascadia Center For Arts and Crafts 90200 U.S. 26 Government Camp, OR 97028
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- 4 hours
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Learn some blacksmithing fundamentals from Joe Vachon, the Season 6, Episode 27, Forged In Fire Champion, in this 1 day, hands on course. Safety, body mechanics, tools, and the working properties of hot steel will be addressed, as well as various techniques, such as: tapering, scrolling, twisting, bending, drilling, punching, hot cutting, flat peening, upsetting and shouldering. Students will start out practicing the basics with the forging of a few decorative hooks for the first half of the class. After lunch, folks are welcome to practice making hooks or create something of their choosing with their new found skill-set, such as (but not limited to) a fire poker, meat turner, bottle opener, letter opener, necklace pendant, or an experimental piece. 45 minute lunch break.
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Cascadia Center for Arts & Crafts teaches the traditional arts and crafts used during the construction of Timberline Lodge as well as contemporary art classes & workshops. We are a nonprofit arts organization teaching out of historic US Forest Service cabins in the village of Govenment Camp, Oregon at an elevation of 4000 feet.
The natural scenic beauty of Mount Hood is a constant inspiration for both instructors and students. Cascadia Center completes a circle of regional art centers located throughout the State of Oregon, showcasing the Cascade Mountain Environment and beautiful Mount Hood. Our project respects the environment, history and traditions of WPA Crafts and Cascadian Architecture.