It gives me great pleasure to announce the fourth annual………….
Forge-in at Bushfire Forge
Friday 1st April from 5.30pm – ‘til Sunday 3rd April
Welling Kent UK
Demonstrators on Saturday & Sunday:-
Jake Powning
Peter Johnsson
Petr Florianek
Leo todeschini
Hyllyn
and others tba….
For those who haven’t been before this will be quite an event, with formal demonstrations in the teaching forge and temporary lecture theatre. The teaching forge will be open for you to use, so messing about with hot steel is where it’s at. There are grinders, power hammers etc.
If you are new to forging then this is a great place to learn from people with a little more experience
May I announce a late night Saturday drunken metallurgy lecture from our very own Jack Hobson…….and his most glamorous assistants!! This will be a hands-on participation event to once-and-for-all settle the age old dilemma of whether to get drunk or learn metallurgy…..lets do both!!!
I will cook food on Saturday evening & there will be revelry around the fire …………..
The forges are open for you to bash and grinders to grind…..(yes yes the ht room too so rack ‘em up). I hope John N is bringing the woodpecker again but if not there will certainly be magic glowing metal with no fire………
I am working on an idea for a smelt roaster ?????
I open up the studio and one of the outbuildings here for people to crash in so there is ample “simple” crash space. We do have a garden with trees and space for a tent or two. There is also a list of hotels b & b’s on my web site.
This is a very friendly event and you will quickly feel included, whether you come along alone or with friends.
email me if are interested.
I charge a fee for this event of £70. This covers demonstrators’ flights, bog hire, food for Saturday night and fuel etc.
I do not make money on this event (nor do I wish to)…
As this is usually a very popular event I would suggest early payment , either by cheque made out to Owen Bush for £70 and sent to East Wickham Farm, Welling, Kent DA16 3DA or £72.80 by paypal to owen@owenbush.co.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (the extra £2.80 covers my paypal costs).
There will be more info about this event as I think of it.
If anybody is free to help me out shifting stuff around during the week of the 14 to 18th March, that would be most useful. We can pick a day…