Traditional Blacksmithing

Start: Sun Jan 11, 2026
End: Sun Jan 11, 2026
Meeting Days: SU,SU
Meeting Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: WTC 1310

Start: Sun Jan 18, 2026
End: Sun Feb 22, 2026
Meeting Days: SU,SU
Meeting Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: MDWY MAIN

Ready for a unique skill? Traditional blacksmithing techniques that have been used for thousands of years to shape steel into usable everyday objects. Covers the basic history of blacksmithing and provides hands-on instruction and practice of traditional blacksmithing techniques. Includes heating steel in a coal forge and shaping steel into usable objects using a hammer, anvil, and other traditional tools. BRING: REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT (to be discussed at first class): Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Appropriate clothing & footwear, Leather gloves.