[TheForge] Nauman's Bighorn Forge Conference

[Fiorini & Skiles]

Dan Nauman just sent us the info on his annual Bighorn Forge Conference, in
Kewaskum, Wisconsin.  This year Peter Ross is demonstrating.  If you want
the digital file of the announcement, email us and I'll forward it to you.
-Kirsten
Here is the basic info

Sixth Annual
Bighorn Forge Conference
September 6th, 7th, and 8th
2002
Peter Ross, from Colonial Williamsburg has spent his career working 18th and
19th century forging methods.  His job has been to re-discover and practice
these skills while making things the museum needs.  �What has drawn me to
historic work has been the nature of the pieces themselves. They have a
casual competence and inventiveness that is refreshing and interesting.  It
has been this nonchalant vigor which I have tried to emulate.���.taken from
Peter�s keynote address at the 1998 ABANA Conference, Ashville, NC.  Peter,
recipient of ABANA�s highest honor, the Alex Bealer Award, has demonstrated
at several ABANA conferences and chapter events.  His lessons are for
everyone.

Schedule of Events:
Friday evening, 6:00 P.M. to ? : Blacksmith film and slide festival�.Bring
your video�s and slides for everyone to see!!!!  Beverages available!!!
Added bonus!!  An antique iron collection, featuring finely made assorted
items, plus recent iron work made by Francis Whitaker, Hoss Haley, Dimitri
Gerakaris, Kirsten Skiles, Bill Fiorini, John Medwedeff, and several other
20th century smiths.
Saturday A.M.: Peter will demonstrate forging from 8:30 to 12:00
Lunch at 12:00 to 1:00
Saturday P.M. : More of Peter�s demonstrations from 1:00 to 5:00.
Sunday: More demonstrations from Peter until 12:00.

Registration gets you in to see the demonstration, plus hot coffee and
donuts in the mornings, a grilled picnic lunch served both days, and a
country style dinner served Saturday evening.
�Banish Misfortune�s� live folk music, and a bon fire    Saturday Night.
Beverages available!

The conference will be held at Bighorn Forge Ironworks in Kewaskum, WI.
Kewaskum is the gateway to the Kettle Moraine State Forest  with hills,
glacial formations, lakes and rivers.  Fishing, hiking and biking trails,
golf, camping, and several antique and craft shops are very nearby.
Temperatures in mid September can vary from cool to hot during the day, and
generally cool at night.

Bighorn Forge Ironworks is in a rural setting bordered by forests, dairy
farms, corn, alfalfa, and soybean fields.  The shop is a 35 x 45 pole
building, and has three coal forges, a gas forge, 110 lb. Sahinler air
hammer and all the other trimmings of a blacksmith and metalworking shop.

If you are traveling from the south, you might want to visit our Cedarburg
shop (20 miles north of Milwaukee on Hwy. 57, just west of I-43) which is in
an 1864 fieldstone building in the Cedar Creek Settlement.  Listed in the
National Registry of Historic Buildings, the adjacent buildings are also
home to the Cedar Creek Winery, Cedar Creek Pottery, several antique shops,
specialty shops, and the Cr�me and Crepe Caf�.  Truly a romantic location
for a blacksmith shop by a dam site!

Cost will be $35.00 for Saturday, $20.00 for Sunday, or $45.00 for both
days.  A 50% deposit is required 2 weeks in advance, but HURRY, this
workshop will fill up fast�don�t delay!!!  Bring a chair to sit on. Safety
glasses required. Wear cotton or wool clothing.
 For more information, call (262) 626-2208  Fax  (262) 626-3324
e-mail trapper@alexssa.net


Notes:
Added Bonus!!  Friday night antique iron collection display, plus the
works of     several 20th century smiths displayed as well!!!


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