On site tent and RV camping at the Cowlitz County Events Center are available for $20 a person, a night. While there are some power hookups for RVs on a first come first serve basis, there are no plumbing hookups provided. There are bathrooms with running water at the Events Center, but no showers. To […]

We invite members to bring examples of their forged works to display in the Member Gallery at Spring Conference, and to also bring any handmade or handforged items they’d like to donate to our Live and Silent Auctions! The Member Gallery will run throughout the event. Just bring any items you’d like to display so […]

Join us at the conference cook shack and bring a mess kit! The Dinner Banquet will be held at 5:30pm on Saturday, and we invite Conference Attendees to bring something to add to our Potluck Dinner at 5:30pm on Friday. Check the Conference Schedule for daily Cook Shack mealtimes. To cut down on disposable plates […]

To attend Spring Conference, you must be a current NWBA Member! Not sure if you need to renew your membership? Check the address label on your most recent issue of the Hot Iron News to see your membership expiration date. CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE NWBA OR TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP Submit the name(s) you […]

This year’s Spring Conference will be held from Friday, May 17th at 8am to Sunday, May 19th at 12 noon at the NWBA Mentoring Center in Longview, Washington! Set up for the event will start on the afternoon of Thursday, May 16th. If you’d like to help set up on Thursday or help break down on Sunday […]

A brand new sign for the Mentoring Center, one with a solid backplate and handforged letters, is in the works! Templates for the forged letters were handed out at Spring Conference last year. If you grabbed one, this is your reminder to bring your forged letter to our next Spring Conference! If you can’t make […]

NWBA Members, we’re interested in your story! If you’d like to share, we’re starting a “Meet a Member” segment to be featured in articles in the Hot Iron News and on our social media accounts. We’d love to hear from you and learn how you got interested in blacksmithing, what keeps you going at the […]

If you’d like to demo at one of our monthly Mentoring Center Events or instruct a class at the MC, fill out the questionnaire below and we’ll get in touch!  

FINANCE & BUDGET COMMITTEE: Darby Pereira (Chair), Pele Warnock, John Karlik, Kellen Bateham, John Huffstutter • Assets and Inventories Subcommittee: Derek Lanhart (Chair), Pele Warnock • Auctions Subcommittee: John Paul (Chair), Eric Sprado, Andrea Lisch, Kellen Bateham • Donations Subcommittee: John Karlik (Chair), Bhakti Sa • Insurance Subcommittee: Pele Warnock (Chair) MEMBER SERVICES COMMITTEE: Steve […]

Like many nonprofit organizations, NWBA depends on membership support to meet the many needs of the Association ranging from sponsoring of events at the Mentoring Center to continued care and maintenance of the Mentoring Center facility. No donation is too small. NWBA is a 501©(3) educational nonprofit, your donation is tax deductible. Donations may be […]