New York State Designer Blacksmiths

Our Last Visit to the Stone Mill Museum

Please join us on August 20-22, 2010 at the Stone Mills Museum in LaFargeville, NY.

John Fee has been kind enough to arrange this and has confirmed with the museum and they are not only excited to have us but are looking forward to it.  They said we could show up on Thursday if we like.

Ken Schwartz will be in the area with his daughters , and has offered to do a demonstration for us, if all works out okay!  So be sure not to miss this!

There will be a pot luck dinner on Friday night , so bring a dish to pass (hopefully with something in it), this is for every one there, the museum folks, the car and tractor dude’s and dudette’s and us.  Should be a good time. 

 Saturday “night” we will be doin the blacksmith stoup (stew/soup) .

(You will be on your own for lunch.)  This time instead of everyone bringing meat-n-veggies , John Fee will buy all the meat (when it goes on sale) and take up a collection to pay for it. Locally grown veggies will  be used to fill the rest of the pot.

Also we will have one Iron in the hat on Sat. So bring something nice  (NO JUNK)  for that. We will alow the civilians to buy tickets for the IITH too and raise a little extra money for NYSDB.

 Bring your forges and anvils to demo for us and the nuts, I mean the “local” folks

See ya there…

The contact info for the Stone Mills Farm Museum is:

Mrs. Margarite Raneri

PO Box 108

34312 Route 180L

LaFargeville NY 13656

315-658-2353

http://users.westelcom.com/stonemillsmuseum

The Niagara Region is offering a class by Mark Aspery June 20-23.  The focus will be on a Ring Project, the whole enchilada. Limited to ten attendees, only one spot left!  Please see the attached files for more information.

Special thanks to Kim Thomas for his wonderful demonstration this weekend.  We had a exciting meeting with great attendance.  Here are some photos.

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Hey All!  Are you excited about this weekend?!?

We were up at Dave’s Shop today adding the new chimney for his coal forge.   It turned out well, check out these photos of all the hard work done.

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Special thanks to Bob Trout, John Rausch, and Mike Houser for all they did today!

Well the day is drawing closer and I did promise more info so…

Here is the meeting flier and registration form.  It contains details on the meet, info about Kim Thomas, and a registration form.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Hey All!

There will be slight change to the Adirondack Meeting, it will be on March 27th instead of March 13th.  All other information is the same, the group will be at Robert Cunningham’s Shop and will work on Damascus.

The next Adirondack Monthly Meeting will be March 13-14, 2010 and cover damascus billet, finishing and etching.  The meeting will be held at the Cunningham shop in Massena, NY and will be hosted by John Brunelle.

Saturday March 6th

9:00 to 4:00

(Shouldn’t be as cold as Feb’s meeting!) Regular meeting at Arc Iron Metal

Subject: Weathervane Work Project

Come along and help make the first of three weathervanes This one will go on our shop’s roof

Iron in the Hat – please try and make something (I know one man’s junk is another’s treasure)

Show and tell – any stuff you’ve done or seen

Lunch – bring it (or Tim Hortons just opened up close by)

Bring Tools to handle 1″ x 3/32″  and 1/2″ x 3/32″ strip

Regards

Bob Corneck

10930 Keller Road

Clarence NY 14031

741 4311

Kim Thomas

This May 15th and 16th we will be hosting Kim Thomas at our all-hands meeting in Dave DeSantis’ Shop.

From Mr. Thomas’ web page:

…has been forging ironwork since 1984.  He was chosen for Early American Life Magazine’s “Directory of Traditional Craftsmen” in 1995, 1997, 2005 and 2007.  He demonstrated several years at the Cuyahoga Valley Folk Festival in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Kim uses only traditional tools and techniques to make period lighting and hearth tools of iron for the discerning re-enactor and renovator.

More information and a brochure will be available soon so please check back.

Congratulations to Robert Trout for being published in the winter edition of the Arts & Crafts Homes and the Revival Magazine.  From the article:

“Brian Coleman describes the resurgence of fine work bringing us fireplace tools, stove hoods, garden gates, and metal art tiles.

Copper, brass, and iron lend richness and artisanry to the home, and such objects were an intrinsic part of the Arts & Crafts interior.”

Check out the full article here and Robert Trout’s member gallery here.