Contacts

Got a question? Have news to share? Got an idea?

Use the GCBA Contact Form to tell us what’s on your mind, or feel free to contact one of our leaders below..

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Chuck Robinson, President
(601) 798-0060
robi5515@bellsouth.net

Contact Chuck about scholarships, monthly meetings, GCBA governance issues, conferences, and posting photos to the web site.

Larry House, Vice President and Chairman
(601) 799-0441
larry@dragonswatch.com

Sid Gale, Treasurer
(225) 664-0718
sidgale@cox.net

Contact Sid about monthly meetings, membership, dues, member records and addresses, and accounting.

Norbert Delph, Co-Secretary/Webmaster
(504) 737-0200
gulfcoastblacksmith@gmail.com

Contact Norbert about the website: content, news, articles, updates, corrections, problems or suggestions.

Ronald Melancon, Co-Secretary
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Tom Walker, Video Librarian, Newsletter Editor
(228) -669-5983
metalworkertom@yahoo.com

Contact Tom about video library rentals and acquisitions, Newsletter articles, subscriptions, distribution and advertising.

GCBA Membership Information

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Membership dues are only $25.00 per year, due and payable on January 1 , or prorated when joining after this date.

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Discoveries

Glen Wesley, a longtime member of the Gulf Coast Blacksmith Association, has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS).

As the disease progressed he began having difficulty feeding himself. He asked Sid Gale to help him design a device that would enable him to continue feeding himself without assistance.

They discussed it, made a few sketches and headed out to the shop. Discover how they designed and developed an Assisted Eating Device.

The 2012 Brian Brazeal Tool Workshop in October was a huge success. Watch as he makes tooling and forges a hammer head from round stock.

Chuck highly recommends Peter Ross' insightful Keynote Address at the 1998 ABANA Conference on the emergence of "machine mentality" over "hand mentality".

Ross was the Master Blacksmith at Colonial Williamsburg from 1979 to 2004.

See our coverage of Fire in the Swamp 2012, a one-stop shop for demos on forging, iron and pewter casting, and pottery crafts.

Did this creature crawl out of the bayou behind Buddy’s shop? See Sid Gale's Gator, featured at our February meeting.

GCBA provided demonstrations at the 2012 Arboretum Day.

A leaf key ring begins at the end of a bar.

Watch Brian Brazeal show us how it's done at our January meeting.

See Phil Love demonstrate the craft at Colonial Day, an annual event at St. Edward the Confessor School in Metairie.

Students dressed in period costume and took part in various events reminiscent of early America life.

Watch our GCBA demonstrators do their magic at the 26th Scottish Highland Games & Celtic Music Festival.

Discover some very interesting metal art at one of the most unusual festivals in the country, the Bush Tractor Festival.

Chuck recommends the article Of Iron & Stagecraft by Trenton Ty, from the current edition of The Iron Trillium, a publication of the Ontario Artist Blacksmith Association.

Let renowned metal artist Valentin Yotkov introduce you to the ancient art of Ornamental Chasing And Repoussé: The Magic of Sculpting in Metal.

This excerpt from his upcoming book is an excellent primer on adding Repoussé and Chased items to your work.

GCBA President Chuck Robinson was profiled by the Picayune Item newspaper in an in-depth article, Local Blacksmith, Chuck Robinson, on the Art of Blacksmithing.

Read the Craftpersons Profile of GCBA Chairman Larry House in the Folklife & Folk Artist Directory of the Mississippi Arts Commission.

Read the biographical article on GCBA member Glen Wesley, featured in Neighbors—The Lifestyle Magazine.

Check out Tim LeMien's creative restoration of an antique fire pot.

Check out our unique collection of Period Sketches, Paintings and Photos depicting blacksmithing throughout history.

Discover The Legend of The Iron Worker and King Solomon and the extraordinary metal engraving by John Sartain depicting the blacksmith who challenged the great artisans at the dedication banquet of the Temple of Jerusalem.

Browse our collection of Vintage Art styled after the classic American poem, The Village Blacksmith, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Check out our ABANA page for links to current ABANA News Topics and sections of the ABANA website most relevant to GCBA members.

Chuck Robinson recommends the new Bronze Casting Manual written by Olivier Duhamel of New Zealand, on low-cost bronze lost wax casting of small projects.