Northwest Blacksmith Association

NWBA 40th Anniversary Conference

Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/24/2019 - 05/26/2019
8:00 am - 10:00 pm

Fire and Form

Design by Patrick Maher

40 Years of Fire & Form

May 24-26,  2019

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

A very memorable 40th anniversary is in the works,
stay tuned for updates, to be posted as available.

 

Conference Highlights:

Main Demonstrators:
Japheth Howard (& maybe Alice James)  https://www.flickerforge.com
Anton Yakushev   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anton.kovka/

Hands on workshops
Berkley Tack – “H13 punch”
Ben Czyhold – “Whelk Shell”
John Paul – “Small and Shiny”

Lectures:
Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths
project slideshow: Lisa Geertsen, Japheth
Howard Slideshow, and Guided Tour of our
Archives
AND… A very special video presentation

Forging Contests:
Friday: Eagle eye contest, and Stump.
Saturday: Team forging- One handed (each)
thread the needle.
Individual forging- Forge and throw spike for
points.

  • Full Archives on display
  • Gallery
  • Repoussé
  • Black Smoke Alley
  • Blacksmith Olympics
  • Team Contest
  • Knife Maker Corner
  • Lecture presentations
  • Tailgating
  • Auction: Make something special for our 40th!
  • Banquet
  • Onsite camping available

We are excited to announce the Cook Shack (Silas & Andy)

  • Gumbo for Friday Night Potluck
  • Coffee all weekend long
  • Making meals throughout the weekend for donations

Cook Shack Needs Volunteers, up to 10 slots. Many hands make light work, and the work is fun
together! Contact Silas Maddox: silasmaddox@gmail.com

For the 40th Anniversary Conference we are planning to show an exhibition of archives from the full 40 years. This includes many significant pieces that haven’t been shown for many years. As part of this project we will be collecting stories relating to the founding of the NWBA and some of the larger pieces in the archives. We are going to need a lot of help from the membership to make this happen. So if you have organizational, photo / video / editing, or interviewing skills or a story to share please let us know.

VOLUNTEER and GET A DISCOUNT: Conference volunteers needed for our registration desk and to oversee
midnight madness in our Mentoring Center. Volunteer to take a 3 hour shift and get $45 off your conference
registration!!

Go to the volunteer sign up page:
http://blacksmith.org/nwba-conference-volunteer-signup/


Location
Cowlitz Expo Center and NWBA Mentoring Center


Comments

  1. Hi, I’m thinking I would’ve received some sort of acknowledgment, or verification that I’m successfully registered for the spring 2019 conference, no? I paid, but received nothing. I don’t want to arrive to a surprise. My name is Rick Toews from Boise, Idaho. Someone please send me something that says, I’m in, My e-mail is toewsdesigns@gmail.com or arlovinski@gmail.com. Thanks!

    • Yes, we received your registration 4/4/2019, you should have received a Paypal receipt, very sorry if you did not. I just sent an email response as well.

  2. Hi, is there a refund policy in place to cancel my registration even at this late date? I may have a higher priority activity now scheduled for the same weekend and MAY have to pass on this years conference.

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