Anna R. Koplik
Upcoming 2025 Workshop and Demo Schedule
Northeast Blacksmiths Association
Spring Hammer-in Demonstrator
April 25-27 | The Ashokan Center | Olivebridge, NY
Hammer and Tongs: Toolmaking for Blacksmiths
April 28- May 2 | New England School of Metalwork | Auburn, ME
Learn the art of toolmaking and boost your skills and self-sufficiency as a blacksmith! In this workshop students will be guided through making many fundamental tools of the trade. We will cover everything from forging punches, tongs, and hammers to heat treating, grinding, and handling. Leave with your own hand forged tools and the skills to make more on your own. Expect lots of striking with sledgehammers, long days in the shop, and bad puns.
Seasoned Beginner - Intermediate
"If I Had a Hammer" Demonstrator at Forging Connections: SNAG X SIBs @ Touchstone
May 30 - June 1 | Touchstone Center for Craft | Farmington, PA
Hammer Time
June 8-14 | John C. Campbell Folk School | Brasstown, NC
Make your own, custom hammers you can use for a lifetime! In this intensive workshop students will be guided through making different sizes and styles of blacksmith, forging hammers. Forging, grinding, and heat treating of hammers, and the shaping and fit-up of your own hammer handles will be covered. Expect lots of striking with sledgehammers, power hammer forging, and long days in the shop. Intermediate to advanced students welcome.
Intermediate, Advanced
State of Franklin Blacksmith Guild Workshop:
Toolmaking for Blacksmiths
June 20-22 | Appalachian Area Chapter of Blacksmiths | Unicoi, TN
Learn the art of toolmaking and boost your skills and self-sufficiency as a blacksmith! In this workshop students will be guided through forging fundamental tools of the trade. We will cover the basics of forging hand tools such as punches and tongs, and how to punch and drift the eye of a hammers. This class will focus on improving your forging skills and understanding of the tools a blacksmith uses daily. Expect lots of striking with sledgehammers, long days in the shop, and bad puns.
Beginner and Beyond
Email david.lance.ellis@gmail.com or
kurt.krieger63@gmail.com for more info and to sign up.
Blacksmithing for Teens
July 7-11 | Touchstone Center for Craft | Farmington, PA
Swing a hammer at the anvil, work a coal forge, and forge hot steel in a fun, inclusive environment. Learn blacksmithing basics like tapering, twisting, and bending, while creating decorative and functional pieces. Develop responsible habits and skills for continued exploration.
Beginner
Utensil Forging: Design and Refine
August 4-15 | New Agrarian School | Bigfork, MT
Throughout this workshop, students will learn to make their own functional and decorative spoons, spatulas, and more with a focus on refinement, design, and delicate forging. The class will cover the basics of forging, forming, bending, and file work to make single piece steel and iron utensils. Students will be encouraged to push themselves on accurate forging and explore their own unique details and designs. Class will start with demos and projects, aiming to build technique and introduce process. Then class will expand to encourage more independent designing and challenge precise forging skills. This class is great for those new to blacksmithing or for people with prior experience who want to build their forging accuracy and design skills. Come learn to make your own unique hand-forged utensils in a fun, enthusiastic, and inclusive environment!
All Levels
Forged Utensil Workshop Instructor and
Fall Hammer-In Featured Demonstrator
Sept 18-19 and Sept 20
Blacksmith Guild of Western Maryland | Boonsboro, MD
All Levels
Hammer Time
October 6-10 | Center for Metal Arts | Johnstown, PA
Come make your own custom hammers that you can use for a lifetime! In this intensive workshop students will be guided through making multiple sizes and styles of blacksmith forging hammers. We will cover forging different types of hammers, grinding and heat treating, and the shaping and fit up of your own hammer handles. Expect lots of striking with sledgehammers, power hammer forging, and bad puns.
Intermediate
