Blacksmithing courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

Once the fires are lit and the health and safety chat out of the way we will get straight down to the business of hammering some hot steel. The day is fully hands on and as well as learning the basic principles of blacksmithing, you will make two unique items to take home with you. The first project is the snail key ring and after that, students will get to make a dragon themed coat-hook. Techniques for tapering, hole punching, splitting and riveting will be covered. The Forge workshop is...

Join our friendly Blacksmithing Team for a full day's tuition in basic forging! Award winning, master blacksmith, Nigel Barnett will guide you through the basic skills of forging. You will have a go at making your own items to take home. The course is very hands-on and attendees will learn the skills required to create a variety of traditional ironmongery. Working at your own speed, tuition is a demonstration followed by one to one guidance. You can expect to do 6-7 hours of forging in the day. Courses are run...

Traditional Blacksmithing one day tuition run by an award winning blacksmith with over 20 years hand forging experience. Students choose their own project to work on (within reason). Firebird forge is located in the heart of one of the oldest private estates in the south east and to the back of the forge is the woods where the stories of AA.Milne were set (The Hundred Acre Wood). The forge is in a 1500 square foot former dairy and has 6 individual forging stations with anvils and hand tools, along with...

Chalk Pit Forge is run by Alex Smith, who has been a blacksmith since 1998 and has run the forge since 2008, teaching one to one courses since 2009. This course is very popular and can be sold out six months in advance so please contact Alex to check available dates before buying a voucher. You can also ask to be placed on the waiting list in case of any cancellations. The forge is within the beautiful south downs countryside at Amberley Museum, West Sussex. Here I run courses for...

Ever wanted to try your hand at the ancient art of blacksmithing? Spend a day getting one to one tuition from Chris, a qualified Blacksmith, in his Worcestershire workshop. Go at it hammer and tongs, learn how to manipulate hot steel and produce your own metal masterpiece. Choose from a range of small projects to make and take away with you. Full day courses for two people are also available if you want to bring a friend. I only take on one or two students at a time, no group...