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2011

CANIRON VIII BLACKSMITHING CONFERENCE

Fergus, Ontario, Canada

28th to 31st July 2011

Hello Everyone,
This is a short advance notice to announce that the Ontario Artist Blacksmith Association will be hosting the CanIRON VIII Blacksmithing Conference in Fergus, Ontario, Canada in 2011.

The preliminary list of demonstrators and presenters includes:

Paul Allen - United Kingdom
Sandra Dunn - Canada
Jesus Hernandez - United States
Michael McCarthy - United States
Jake Powning - Canada
Mark Puigmarti - Canada
Brian Russell - United Kingdom
Kelly Smyth - United States

There may be an experimental Viking Age smelt conducted by members of the Dark Ages Recreation Company (DARC) - Darrell Markewitz, Dave Cox, Kevin Jarbeau, with Neil Peterson and Ken Cook.

We will post more details about events as planning progresses.
For further information please visit the CanIRON VIII blog
or contact Mick Smith, OABA president, at: (519) 843-6655.
Best wishes to you all,
Brad Allen

Upcoming Events

 


National Occupational Standards
Wales and West Country
26,27 May 2012
Your participation is requested in the consultation process for the new blacksmithing National Occupational Standards (NOS).
more
Fransham International Forge-in
Fransham Forge, Norfolk
8-10 June 2012
Fransham forge in Norfolk is hosting their international forge-in from 8-10 June. Please contact Nigel Barnett if you plan to attend.
more
AGM 2012
Blist Hill Museum, Ironbridge
10-12 August 2012
The BABA 2012 AGM and Conference will be held at Blist Hill Museum, Ironbridge on 10-12 August. Further details to follow.
more

Notices

DFS training course (replacement for NETS course)
Starting in April The British Artist Blacksmiths Association in partnership with the Herefordshire College of Technology will be offering a new course: the BTEC level 3 Diploma in Design and Forgework Skills (DFS).
Please click here for more (small PDF file).
Traditional Skills Bursaries
Do you know of anyone offering bursaries to learn traditional heritage skills? If so, please let the N.H.I.G. know as with their bursary programme coming to an end in 2013 they are looking to compile a list of alternative opportunities that would be open to those wishing to learn blacksmithing. info@nhig.org.uk