Kyra

I don’t have transport, but it won’t be hard to get to Southsea, I will phone the blacksmiths on Osborn Road, tomorrow. Thank you for all the offers; this is defiantly the friendliest profession going. I will let you know how it goes.

Thank you for the warm welcome and advice. I have been told to do a weekend course before. Unfortunately, I am not having a lot of luck with jobs at the moment and I wasn’t aware of free courses. I will defiantly be keeping an eye out for those, cheers. Thank you for the help with setting up my first forge. Is it a good idea to just plough on with setting up a forge before I do a weekend course? I would like to, but I don’t think I’d know what to do once I have made one, lol. The mad hatters amazing.

Hi, I'm Kyra. I'm not a Blacksmith yet. I have joined so that I can read through forum topics/ look at gallery/etc and gain knowledge. I am a member of the BABA, but I’ve not been to any forge-ins yet. I am currently saving to retrain. Mean while I am revising all I can and I have taken up jewellery making, to learn some manual skills. I have just finished an admin temping job and am looking at volunteering opportunities; too keep me busy between paid roles. I won’t be able to get anything directly to do with Blacksmithing. So I am a bit torn between applying to help out in an arts centre/museum or joining the local forest volunteers to gain physical skills. If anyone has any advice I’d love to hear it. Thank you.