Forging Hearts & Roses Workshop

Forging Hearts & Roses Workshop

Adult Campus | Registration opens 2/19/2025 8:00 PM EST

open to all levels
5/10/2025 (one day)
10:00 AM-4:00 PM EST on Sat
$150.00
$135.00
$20.00
$25.00

Forging Hearts & Roses Workshop

Adult Campus | Registration opens 2/19/2025 8:00 PM EST

Forge iron roses for someone special or to incorporate into your own projects. Roses are iconic forms in forged iron wares and architectural metalwork, as well as standalone sculptures. Individual interpretations are encouraged. Sheet metal forming, riveting, symmetrical bending, and slitting are just some of the techniques we will use in class. Students will need safety glasses, leather work gloves, dust mask or respirator, (welding gauntlets not needed) and should wear jeans, a non-flammable cotton shirt and/or jacket, and closed-toed boots or leather shoes. Our forge is an outdoor building that is only semi-enclosed; please dress accordingly. For full-day workshops, please bring a lunch to be on the safe side, as there may or may not be time to get food during a lunch break. 

Greg AmEnde

GREG AMENDE has been part-time/hobby blacksmith for 14 years. He has taken classes all over New England from some of the top blacksmiths in the US. He has worked as an interpreter blacksmith at numerous museums including working 4 years at Mystic Seaport. Greg works full time as a machining instructor at a Connecticut technical high school.