[TheForge] Speaking of age...

[Jerry Smith]

Frosty,

Have you looked to see if your Canadian Brothers next
door have blacksmith association? You could always
volunterr to hold CanIron 10 in Alaska :)

Jerry

--- Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:

> In Alaska there just aren't many smithing meets.
> There 
> are usually demonstrator(s) at the state fair and
> maybe 
> the Ren Fair but that's about it.
> 
> Recently though a number of us have been trying to
> get 
> an Alaskan Association going. . . Again. We've had
> two 
> organizational meetings so far and the age spread is
> 
> about equal above and below about 40. There have
> only 
> been a couple teens present and only a couple above
> 65.
> 
> At demos there is a LOT of casual interest from 
> youngsters, say, 13-18. Unfortunately not one has
> ever 
> followed through. I have had the best results from
> kids 
> searching me down through the internet. Usually they
> 
> land on Anvilfire or another like forum and start 
> bombarding them with questions. As usual someone 
> suggests hooking up with a local ABANA affiliate or 
> other club. Then when finding out Alaska has none
> they 
> get refered to me. Some are close enough we can get 
> together, some aren't.
> 
> The kids who've hunted me down have done quite well,
> 
> one and all.
> 
> Anyway. Yes, there are young people filling the
> ranks 
> for the next generation. Even here.
> 
> Frosty
> -------------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
> 
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
> 
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> 
> From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
> 
> 
> >I was wondering (has this come up before?), how
> many 
> >youngin's are on theforge?  How's about we define
> that 
> >as anyone under 30?  I ask because I feel as if I'm
> 
> >one of the younger people here and that got me to 
> >wondering about whether there is a new generation
> to 
> >pick up where and when we leave off?  I know of
> only a 
> >few young new-ish smiths like Nigel Tudor (met him
> at 
> >Touchstone several years ago.  Very talented young 
> >guy).  Do things look promising for the coming 
> >generation or are we heading down another dead end,
> a 
> >la 1970?
> >
> > Is anyone watching this?  Does ABANA hold this as
> an 
> > issue?  If not, should they?
> >
> > -Andy
> > 
> 
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