LEVEL II SKILLS: SCROLLS! - CBA EVENT

LEVEL II SKILLS: SCROLLS!

How do you make a really nice scroll? How do you know it’s nice? What about those cool “penny” ends, or the mystical full-gainer-half-twist beveled scroll? We’ll cover all of this, and more.

DATE: April 15, 2021

TIME: 5:30 - 7:30pm 

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Open to all levels, but aimed at Level I graduates.

INSTRUCTOR: Beth Holmberg

LOCATION: Online live streaming via Zoom - Login and password will be provided once you have registered.

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Beth Holmberg 619-293-3211 (8 am-7 pm only; land line!) or blacksmithbeth@gmail.com

PRICING: $25/participant for CBA members

$40/participant for non-members

REGISTRATION: Register here (online)

•  20 participants maximum
•  Registration cutoff date is 13 April 2021
  
•  Instructions for Zoom access to this meeting will be sent to all registrants.

EVENT DESCRIPTION:

Learn to forge scrolls and finials, from basic to slightly insane. Emphasis will be placed on building solid hand-eye-hammer skills to hand-turn great scrolls. Even if traditional scroll work is not your big interest, spending some time building these skills will give you greater control over shaping metal with just an anvil and a hammer, and add some really useful tricks to your quiver of forging techniques.

TOPICS:

-Some intermediate forging fundamentals
-Scroll theory and basics
-Ribbon scrolls
-Fishtail scrolls
-Ha’penny scrolls
-Beveled scrolls
-Blown-over leaf scrolls
-Variations, and how to get better