Mix it Up!: Forging Mixed Metals
Adult Workshop | Available
Do you want to work with metal but don't know how to start? Or, do you want to incorporate other metals into your forge work, but need some direction? In this new blacksmithing workshop, you will learn to forge and finish a variety of metals, both ferrous and non-ferrous. You will also combine different types of metals using riveting, brazing, and welding. This class is all about opening up the possibilities in the blacksmithing shop!
Marsha Trattner
MARSHA TRATTNER holds an MFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design. She teaches sculpture and metal working at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. She also runs NYC’s only blacksmithing classes through her studio, She-Weld. Marsha and her work have been featured in the New York Times, Real Simple, New York Daily News, Provincetown Arts, and on NY1, among others. Recent commissions include a banister for Designer Cynthia Rowley, litter baskets for the New York City Department of Sanitation, the bread display for Amy’s Bread, and the world’s first solar-powered chandelier, at Habana Outpost in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.