Description
This workshop is a great follow-on from our Introduction to Blacksmithing workshop, allowing you to use the skills learned on that day, apply them again and learn some new ones! You'll be able to experience the difference between the charcoal forge and a gas forge, and learn the new skill of splitting to make a toasting fork. Once finished, you can try your own small project - a hook, a bottle opener, or something else you fancy!
What's included in the price?
You will arrive on site by 10am, and be directed to the workshop. From there, one of our experienced trainers will lead you through the workshop. All metal and tools are provided. The day will finish by 4pm. Please bring lunch - you are welcome to cook over our campfire. We provide tea and coffee and snacks! For blacksmithing, please wear comfortable clothes made from natural fibres and, if you have them, steel-toe capped shoes or boots. We will provide safety glasses.
Duration
6 hours
Cancellation policy
Easy - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 2 weeks before the course starts
Maker
We’re a social enterprise committed to reconnecting people to their landscape - and to each other. We do this through encouraging people of all ages to get into the woodlands, through supporting communities with traditional skills, delivering workshops and events, offering volunteering, developing sustainable products, running kids clubs and projects, and managing woodlands sustainably.
Suitable for
- Adults
- Teenagers
- Suitable for beginners
- Parking provided
FAQs
Yes. We provide hot drinks throughout the course, but please bring your own packed lunch/ dinner.
Yes - all materials are included in the price of your ticket. We source wood from sustainably-managed woodlands.
No - we supply all the tools you'll need for the courses.
Yes! We have a shower heated via a wood-fuelled boiler. If you'd like to use the shower, just let us know and we'll make sure there's wood.
We have two composting toilets on our site. They work just the same are regular toilets, just with a scoop full of sawdust down the loo, instead of a flush. There is a separate urinal, too.
Yes! Parking is available on our site.
