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Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades acknowledges the Wadawurrung people as the Traditional custodians of the land on which we operate. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and to all of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live and work on Wadawurrung Country. We acknowledge their unceded sovereignty over Wadawurrung Country, and the ongoing hardship and trauma as a result of colonisation. The history and continuous culture of the Wadawurrung people is an important part of our shared story.

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Matt Mewburn from Eveleigh Works is travelling all the way from New South Wales for the Lost Trades Fair and joining us for a special weekend of blacksmithing workshops at the Rare Trades Centre. Join blacksmith and founder of Eveleigh Works, Matt Mewburn in this 2-day workshop that will take you to the foundation of blacksmithing: making your own forging hammer and pickup tongs. On the first day, you will create a pair of tongs using hand hammers, sledgehammers, and striking tools such as fullers and flatters. Working both individually and in the ancient tradition of the blacksmith and the striker, you will forge reigns and jaws and rivet the pieces together to complete a functioning set of tongs. On the second day, you will use your tongs to create the quintessential blacksmith’s tool, the hammer. You will punch a hole, drift it to size and choose the desired pattern for your hammer that suits most applications and preferences. At the end of the workshop, you will have made your own blacksmithing tools to accompany you on your rare trades journey.

Snacks, lunch, water bottle, notepad and pen.

Workshop appropriate - non-flammable clothing, closed toe shoes, no hanging jewellery, hair tied back, no baggy sleeves

Small class size – max 6 participants

All instruction, tools and materials included

At the end of this workshop, you will have learned about the forging, geometry and functions of a blacksmith's tongs. You will have learned about the forging of hammers and their various patterns and applications.

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The Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades - 383 – 389 Bradshaw Street, Ballarat VIC 3350

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Forge Your Own Blacksmithing Tools

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Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades | Forge Your Own…

Matt Mewburn from Eveleigh Works is travelling all the way from New South Wales for the Lost Trades Fair and joining us for a special weekend of 
blacksmithing workshops at the Rare Trades Centre.

Forge Your Own Blacksmithing Tools

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