Blacksmithing

Sadly, today was our final day at the forge. The experience as a whole was great and we had fun making multiple tools with metal. I finished making a fire poker and many others finished hooks and tools. We had conversations about what we liked about this Intensive Learning. All in all it was...

During our fourth day of Blacksmithing Intensive Learning we continued to work on our projects and gained more experience in the field. We started our day on a bumpy bus ride up to Bryn Mawr and began lighting coal fires in our forges. Every day the fires had been getting easier to light, and...

Blacksmithing, day two. Today we started off learning how to start a fire with coal, a fire starter, and cardboard. Bruce showed us how to maintain the fire and have constant oxygen in the fire. After the short demonstration, we all set off in our separate areas to start our fires. Once all the...

Today on the forge was a great start to what seems like an amazing experience. The resident blacksmith, Bruce Gill, gave us some safety tips and directions for setting up the forge — it had been all covered up to protect it from the recent snowstorm. Although we did not get to make anything...