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Workshops in Blacksmithing and Rural Crafts In the Mountains of Northwest Montana

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Blacksmithing & traditional craft school in northwestern Montana.
Founded by Jeffrey Funk.

Our 2026 sculpture classes are filling up - catch

Our 2026 sculpture classes are filling up - catch them while you can! Get inspired “Sketching from the Natural World” with Jeffrey Funk, or collaborate on a group sculpture in “Everything is Important” with Peter Braspenninx. Apply on our website, linked in bio.

#ironsculpture #blacksmith #metallurgy #handforge #metalwork #forge

Jeffrey Funk has good reason the diagonal peen ham

Jeffrey Funk has good reason the diagonal peen hammer is one of his favorites. He has been able to find a few historic examples of this simple design and is surprised it is not more widely used. Check out our YouTube video to learn how to forge one yourself, or sign up for our Hammer & Tongs course in June to make one or two with Jeffrey.
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Come build a sculpture as part of a student team l

Come build a sculpture as part of a student team led by Peter Braspenninx of Phyre Forge. In this two-week class, students will forge, construct, and assemble a large-scale piece. The focus will be on clean and accurate forgings, creative methods of joinery, and a final form that will draw from the details to become the whole. Learn more and register at our website linked in bio.
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#sculpture #blacksmith #metallurgy #handforged #metalwork #forge

What's more self-sufficient than forging the tools

What's more self-sufficient than forging the tools to build a timber frame? This workshop will focus on three of the essential tools for timber framing; the mortising chisel, the slick, and the hewing axe. Students will forge and heat treat all of these tools, and get a chance to test them out on green wood from the school campus.
Sign up on our website linked in bio.
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#timberframe #handtools #handforged #axe #chisel

Explore the creative side of blacksmithing and met

Explore the creative side of blacksmithing and metal work in this hands-on workshop focused on forged sculpture. We’ll cover the essentials of turning ideas into three-dimensional steel forms: sketching, shaping, texturing, and assembling sculptural elements.
Taught by Elizabeth Belz of Black Widow Forge in Grand Marais, Minnesota.
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Learn more and register at our website linked in bio.
#bugs #sculpture #blacksmith #metallurgy #handforge #metalwork #forge

Take your professional blacksmithing skills to the

Take your professional blacksmithing skills to the next level by improving your technical forging. This course will cover toolmaking and decorative forging, including scrolls, corners, and artistic elements. The curriculum supports personal growth at the forge, building technical confidence, and equipping students with both practical and creative skills.
Taught by Jake Trogdon of Black Mouth Forge in Tracy, CA.
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Learn more and register through our website, link in bio.
#blacksmith #metallurgy #handforge #metalwork #forge #professionalsmith

Summer 2026 we are offering again our popular cour

Summer 2026 we are offering again our popular course in bloomery smelting. The course starts with a trip to an abandoned mine in Montana where students will collect iron ore, and then return to the school to build a furnace from scratch and smelt the ore into bloom iron. Students will also transform wood into charcoal and learn about the history and science of bloomery techniques. Taught by Eric Dennis of Round House Blacksmith in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Learn more and register at our website, link in bio.
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#smelting #blacksmith #ironbloom #metallurgy #abandonedmine #handforged

Start from the basics or bring your metalworking s

Start from the basics or bring your metalworking skills to new levels. We got it all - including a very large and very fun grindstone.
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#newskillalert #metalwork #blacksmithing #forge #grindstone

Inspiration from nature is fundamental to the huma

Inspiration from nature is fundamental to the human experience, and the craft of blacksmithing is uniquely poised to translate impressions from nature into objects of both function and whimsy. In this course taught by Jeffrey Funk, students will start with paper and pencil and then move to hammer and iron to produce "sketches from nature."
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Learn more and register at www.NewAgrarianSchool.org/workshops
#architecturaliron #blacksmithing #handforged

This workshop will explore sheet metal and how we

This workshop will explore sheet metal and how we can move it around. Taking something flat and give it form. Students will concentrate mainly on repoussé & chasing and uchidashi or high relief chasing using pitch, small tools and hammers.
Taught by Heather McLarty of Los Angeles.
Learn more and register at:
www.NewAgrarianSchool.org/workshops
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#uchidashi #repoussé #metalwork #blacksmith #handmade

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