One Day Blacksmithing Course - Essex
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About the experience
Experience the art of blacksmithing in Essex! You can find this smithy on a farm estate in Maldon, where expert Tom oversees the metal-bending magic. Tom has been working with steel and wrought iron for many years, making him the perfect teacher for budding blacksmiths. We offer tasters and full-day blacksmithing courses in Essex, which include a maximum of two participants for maximum hands-on time and individual attention from your host. The aim is for you to learn basic blacksmithing skills and make a couple of items to take home. A working smithy like this one in Essex is always bustling with activity. In addition to preparing the raw materials (metal) and tools, you'll need to tend the fire to ensure it's kept stoked and ready to heat the metal to red-hot. When your length of metal is bright red and glowing, it's time to try out one of the most crucial blacksmithing processes - drawing. This involves making your hot metal longer and thinner by working and pinching it while it's hot. You'll hit the hot part of the metal with your hammer, and the malleable metal stretches and flattens. After a few hours of shaping, bending, pinching, and upsetting (the opposite of drawing) the metal, you'll have hopefully created your very own forged metal piece.
- Blacksmith tasters and day courses in Essex
- Learn basic blacksmith skills from an expert
- Make forged metal item(s) to take home
- Max class size two - lots of hands-on time
- Introduction to general blacksmithing skills
- Manage the fire, draw down a point and make basic scrolls
- Select appropriate materials
- Work with traditional blacksmithing tools
- You will form part of a small group of two participants
One Day Blacksmithing Course
- Make your own BBQ tool to take home
Information
- Courses are generally available on weekdays throughout the year, with occasional weekend dates.
One Day Course
- Sessions generally start at 09:00 finishing between 16:00 and 16:30
Minimum Age: 18 years
- Minimum age 18
- Due to the nature of this activity a good, general level of fitness is required
Locations
- Essex
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