In February I'm planning on swinging by the Ball and Chain Forge, Falling Hammer Productions LLC, Lightning Forge, Iron Fire Art and will be doing workshops at the New England School of Metalworking and the John C. Campbell Folk School. This first leg of the trip is going to take me from Auburn, Maine, to Brasstown, North Carolina
My basic plan is to attend blacksmithing workshops and meet blacksmiths to understand what they do and how they make a living. For those of you who knew about this trip from its early stages you might know that I had planned to travel the country. This fell through due to the lack of blacksmithing workshops available out west. In my travels I will be scouring the east coast for all things blacksmith.
I was a little shaky dialing the numbers for Ball and Chain Forge of Portland, ME, but I think that was either due to the caffeine or the thermostat being set at a temperature comfortable only to sherpas and yetis. Robert Menard, the owner picked up and gave me time to give my spiel. When I told him my name he said that he had heard of it a few months back. Beyond a small conversation over e-mail with the web-master of ABANA.org I had no idea how he might have heard of me. Odd, but a good omen. He was open to the idea of my stopping by on the 5th. Peter at the Falling Hammer Productions was also open to my coming by. At the moment I'm still waiting to hear from Mr. Spademan at Iron Fire Art and Mr. Brown at Lightning Forge.
As for tonight I will be taking a class concerning Fold Forming with Carl West of Prospect Hill Forge..
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