Description

Blacksmith 320 Brass Feather Repousse’

February 1, 2025

9:00 am – 1:30 pm

Ticket Price $125.00 non-refundable

Minimum age of 18 for this class

8 tickets maximum

Bobby Williams, Lead Instructor

Michael Gillespie Assisting Instructor

Location: 2748 Dogtown Rd, Goochland, VA 23063

Join us for our “Blacksmithing 320” class at the Banton-Smith Center for Blacksmith & Metal Arts. We will be working with pre-cut metal brass blanks to form a nice feather design. The bulk of this work will be done cold. In this class you will learn about repousse’, the art of using punches, chisels and assorted tools to add relief to metal forming lines or curves. In this class you will be using hammer and chisels to incise lines in your brass feather cut-out. No forging heat is needed for annealing the brass so you could even accomplish this at home with simple tools and base plate. You will come away with an understanding of just how much work goes into this type of artwork and you can use your completed brass feather for a hat pin, broach, book mark or other creative use.

Eye and Ear protection are required – we can provide it for $5.00 or you can bring your own.

– If you are buying a ticket for someone else, please let us know who will attend the class and provide contact information so we can best tailor the instruction for the class make-up or contact attendees in case of last-minute changes or cancellation.

– Bring your own lunch. We will take a mid-class break. We will have water and we have a microwave on site.

Masks are required for the unvaccinated, recommended for the fully vaccinated.

The Banton-Smith Center for Blacksmith and Metal Arts has established a “No-Show Policy” for our classes. When you sign up to take a class, you understand there are no refunds. There may be circumstances where we do not get sufficient enrollment to have the class take place. In this case you are given credit for the amount you paid and can apply that to a different class offering or we can issue you a refund. Should we have to cancel a class, we will advise you (normally several days in advance of the class) and ask what you prefer.

The second part of this policy is geared more towards those who have signed up to take a class and do not show up. We have seen several instances where people fail to contact us to advise they will not be at the class. We sometimes have folks on a waiting list to take a class, yet you fail to advise us in advance so we may offer the class to someone on the waiting list. We understand emergencies do arise but when you fail to notify us about your absence, we do not issue you any credit for the missed class. Oftentimes we have purchased and committed materials for a specific class, have hired an instructor and assistant, arranged for a forge master to be present, etc. These are fees we have incurred to provide this class and if you fail to show up we do not issue you any refund.