Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/23/2015 - 04/26/2015
All Day
Hands-on Workshops
Date(s) - 04/23/2015 - 04/26/2015
All Day
California Blacksmith Association
will be hosting the
2015 Western States Blacksmith Conference
Concurrent with the CBA Spring Conference
April 23 through 26
at the San Benito County Fairgrounds
Hollister, California
Demonstrators
- Alfred Bullerman (Germany) – www.bullerman.de
- Maegan Crowley – www.ironmaeganmetalworks.com
- Scott Lankton (Michigan) – www.lanktonmetaldesign.com
- Leonard Urso (New York) – www.leonardurso.com
- Dean Mook (Seattle) – www.deanmook.com
- Kirk McNeill (Santa Cruz) – www.freedon-forge.com
Bladesmithing Demos
- Daryl Meier – www.meiersteel.com
- Phil Baldwin – www.shiningwave.com
Hands-on Workshops
- Mark Krause and Frank Trousil – Power Hammer
- Darryl Nelson and Mark Aspery – Teaching workshops
Contest – Form a sentence in iron
Any language, any message. There will be four identical forging stations.
Teams will be allowed three hours to form a sentence.
Gallery – Auction – Iron in the hat – Vendors – Tailgate Sales.
Location
San Benito County Fairgrounds