Completing the Construction of a Unique and Epic Blacksmith's Workshop
Completing the Construction of a Unique and Epic Blacksmith's Workshop
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Hello Everyone!
Thank you to all who have purchased raffle tickets in the last few days! Rest assured I am keeping track of exactly how many have been sold. Once we hit 1000 tickets a winner will be announced. We're almost halfway there so keep sharing with your friends and family to get the word out!
With the funds raised we are starting to move on finishing the gates to the workshop. This is a very exciting step. First we need to finish the coal forge so we can forge large architectural pieces, (our gas forge is too small for this work).
Then we can start on forging the hinges whilst some good friends of ours complete the wooden gates using oak boards and hand forged nails. We will keep you updated on the progress.
Thanks again!
Best regards,
Ewan and the team
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Description
For the past two years the Northmen Guild have been working on an exciting and unique project, the construction of a historically faithful, timber framed forging workshop to act as a new centre for the Guild’s blacksmiths.
The forge, designed as a space to exalt the creativity of the artisans and inspire visitors and students, will be open for all to visit as part of the wider woodworking museum and forest park at “Vienkocu Parks, Ligatne.”
Designed and constructed in large part by master blacksmith and timber framer Soeren Uhlmann, the building has risen steadily over the months and now stands close to completion. Soeren has travelled widely across the world for the last decade, from Northern Europe to the South Pacific, honing and expanding his skill set working with numerous master craftsmen in blacksmithing, leatherworking, jewellery making and carpentry. The raising of the forge marks the culmination of this journey to mastery, setting down solid roots with the aim of continuing the spread of knowledge and expertise in these ancient crafts.
The Guild’s vision for the forge encompasses artistry, education and preservation.
We seek to create a space where blacksmiths from all corners of the globe will be welcome to practise their craft, share their expertise, and create beautiful and functional works of art.
We seek to educate beginners, amateurs and enthusiasts by offering intensive, two to three week long training courses in blacksmithing. Utilising the established model of the Northmen Guild timber framing courses, these masterclasses will teach the skills and confidence to begin (or continue) participant’s education as blacksmiths and craftspeople.
We seek to preserve and protect the skills and traditions handed down to us by generations of masters from ancient times until today. Not only are the techniques, methods and skills of the trade worthy of preservation, so too is the philosophy that underlies them. The exaltation of craft over business, value over price, quality over quantity, artistic creation over mass production.
One final push is necessary to finish and round off the project. Whilst the building stands ready, it is empty of much of the specialist equipment required for a fully equipped, multi functional blacksmithing workshop to reach its full potential.
The aim of this fundraiser is to raise contributions towards the cost of this equipment, laid out in greater detail below. All donations will go towards purchase and installation of equipment that will make this forge a world class centre for blacksmithing. Our ideal timeline will see the workshop fully equipped and ready to realise its potential for artistry, education and preservation by New Year’s Day, 2025.
Equipment List:
Silent compressor
Foredome Dremel
Tig welder
Gas Forges
Swage block
Belt grinder
Turning machine
Electric material
Water installation and connection
Power hammer restoration
Transport for machines
Windows
Kitchen set up
Gas line set up
Material for tools and gates
Heat treatment set up
Material for workbenches, bellows and doors
Labour
Any left over funding from the fundraiser will directly be used to finance the next Northmen Guild project, the construction of a leatherworking workshop in the same vicinity as the forge.
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Helly Guys,
I following you since years, and the passion about the hand crafted values is absolutely captivating. And I even not touched the quality and the beauty of your products overall! ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
"...Hands, not machine"
Kepp on this persistence and show example to the new generations!
Thanks to Soren, Ewan and the crew for hosting our student group and inspiring the next generation of craftsmen.
Keep transferring that knowledge and perpetuating that beautiful craftsmanship.
From Québec, Canada
Viel Erfolg!! bis bald 👋🏼