Spring & Fall Meets
for New England Blacksmiths Spring 2008 event:
Spring Time in
New Hampshire....
Brentwood Teaching Center at the Brentwood Recreational Facility
will be the site of the
New England Blacksmiths Spring Meeting on May 30, 31 and June 1st, 2008
A hands-on, get up off your behind and learn by doing
experience of great value to all who choose to participate. (you can sit and
take notes but you will miss a lot of fun!!!)
The design, forging and assembly of projects requested by the facility to
enhance the completely renovated meeting hall, nature trail and athletic fields
will be our theme and goal. We will have multiple forging stations in addition
to those at our Teaching Center.
Once again
Dave Bishop will be producing the victuals to keep us going for what promises to
be a grand celebration of our 30th year in the "business" of supporting and
proliferating the fine art/craft of blacksmithing.
The April Newsletter will have complete information or check back to this web site
page for
planning progress, events, etc. as they become available.
Later in the year...
New England Blacksmiths Fall meet 2008:
Our first Joint "Regional" meet will be hosted by the
"Atlantic Coast Blacksmiths Conference"
**The Fall NEB meet will be a combined effort with five other blacksmithing groups for the FIRST EVER Northeast Regional & upper Atlantic Coast Conference
The Demonstrators will be:
David Norrie 
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Peter Ross
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Mark Asprey
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This event will be held September 4-7th, 2008 at the Ashokan NY field campus. Mark your calander!
The Ashokan Field Campus is a secluded mountain location in the heart of a huge reservoir area - the grounds, buildings, and facility fit the surroundings and are extremely fitting for our event.
Here are some pictures of the site:
Dinning hall at the Ashokan Field campus - the food is great!
Pavilion - demonstrators site
Right of the pavilion will be vendors and tent for other demonstrators to present
Member's work will be presented in the old Pewter shop as our "Gallery"
Plenty of room for camping in this field and woods roads adjoining
Bunk house lodging also available - register early - space is limited
Demos to the public will be presented in the upper "Blacksmith Shop"
Besides a beautiful setting for camping, three great demonstrators, and a nice gallery to present your work, there will be tailgating, vendors, and impromptu demos for your enjoyment as part of the scheduled events. Slide shows and lectures are also planned for evening events after dinner.
Stay tuned as more plans develop for this upcoming event. Blacksmiths from Maryland to Maine will gather at a regional conference with three excellent demonstrators.