Forge to Function: Trivets Workshop
Adult | Registration opens 8/5/2026 8:00 PM EDT
Learn to forge a beautiful and functional trivet while building your blacksmithing skills. Students will create both a simple round-stock trivet and a more advanced multi-piece design, practicing techniques such as forge welding, upsetting, drawing out tenons, punching holes, and assembly. Ideal for beginners ready to take on a new challenge.
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.