Events

Saturday-Sunday, March 10-11

LAMA Conference
Gordon Williams demonstrator

Saturday-Sunday, March 24-25

Fire in the Swamp
Larry House of Dragons Watch Forge & Foundry will be hosting the 4th Fire in the Swamp at his shop in Picayune MS. Fire in the Swamp is a fire based art show. That is to say the art is created using fire in the process. This year they will be casting pewter, aluminum and iron. There will also be forging demonstrations as well as pottery (Raku) firing. This event is open to any with an interest in displaying or demonstration their art, or learning about a fire art. Information and registration can be found at http://www.dragonswatch.com/solstice/

GCBA Monthly Meetings

GCBA holds regular monthly meetingson the fourth Sunday of each month. Dennis' Knives We meet at Buddy Leonard’s shop, where we feature something new from smiths with special skills. Update your personal calendar with these upcoming meeting dates:

Sunday, February 26
Sunday, March 25
Sunday, April 22
Sunday, May 27
Sunday, June 24

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We begin gathering 9:00 a.m., and the meeting starts at 10:00. This is a working meeting. Bring hammers and safety glasses. We also encourage you to bring along new items you have made, surplus blacksmithing tools and supplies for our Iron In The Hat auction.

Items for Iron In the Hat will be displayed on a table and bid on by a kind of silent auction or raffle. If you are interested in an item you can purchase a ticket for $1.00. You can buy as many tickets as you like and place them in the adjacent cup. After lunch the tickets for each item will be dumped in the hat and one ticket selected which wins the item. The more tickets you buy the better chance of winning the item.

Norbert Delph and grandsons There are numerous restaurants nearby. Members can bring their own lunch to eat in the shop or drive to a local restaurant for lunch of their choice.

Tool kits are available for new members to use at the meetings.

Please plan to join us. For more information, contact Chuck Robinson at (601) 798-0060.

Retrospective: A Full Year of GCBA Events

John Perilloux Tree Table

August, 2011 Meeting

July, 2011 Meeting

June, 2011 Meeting

May, 2011 Meeting

April, 2011 Meeting

March, 2011 Meeting at Fire in the Swamp

February, 2011 Meeting

January, 2011 Meeting

November, 2010 Meeting

Scottish Highland Games & Celtic Music Festival

October, 2010 Meeting

Boy Scout Centennial, Oct 2010

September, 2010 Meeting

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Fire in the Swamp 2012

Larry House of Dragons Watch Forge & Foundry will be hosting the 4th Fire in the Swamp on Sat-Sun, Mar 24-25, at his shop in Picayune MS. Fire in the Swamp is a fire based art show. That is to say the art is created using fire in the process.

This year they will be casting pewter, aluminum and iron. There will also be forging demonstrations as well as pottery (Raku) firing. This event is open to any with an interest in displaying or demonstration their art, or learning about a fire art. Information and registration can be found here.

Discoveries

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.

See some of the interesting work samples presented by GCBA members at our August meeting.

We extend a warm welcome to six new members: Tom Stiegler, Caleb Stiegler, Melinda McElveen and Lyndon, Daniel and Jacob Cutler.

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

Check out Dennis Rohner's Portable Vise and Cristoven Cross, plus the whimsical creations of Sid Gale shown at our July meeting.

Watch Mark Haddix forge a leaf at our June meeting.

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

See our members work the forges at our May meeting.

We extend a warm welcome to three new members: Reed Jenkins, Ben Inabinette and Bethany Creel (daughter of member Louie Creel).

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

See Chuck Robinson using a carbide reamer as a substitute for a Sen (an ancient tool) at our April meeting.

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

Watch Tom Walker and Paul Tuger pour molten iron into sand molds at our March meeting held at Fire in the Swamp.

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.

See our new annex windows go up, and watch Larry House forging door hooks at our February meeting.

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

Ralph Oalmann, the resident blacksmith at the historic Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island, forged a horse-head horseshoe at our January Meeting.

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.