March 5, 201511 yr These are two ring projects being submitted as part of a larger project to be auctioned off at the Southern Blacksmith Association (SBA) Conference May 14-16, 2015 in Madison, GA. It’s a pretty cool project and I just wanted to share it with everyone. These two rings represent two of the four local forges that were asked to make rings to represent the Appalachian Area Chapter Blacksmiths (AACB). AACB is one of seven SBA Chapters, each of which will submit four rings, totaling 28 in all. All of the ring-builders are busy completing their rings for submission.The rings will be built into seven section of gothic-style panels which could be connected to form a folding freestanding “room divider”. The theme for this project is blacksmithing idioms, and sets of idioms were chosen by each ring designer/builder. For example, one of the idioms for the ring with the ax was “To Have an Ax To Grind”. This ring was built by Dan Pelletier and Keith Herendon and represents Fiddler’s Grove Blacksmith Association (FGBA). The other ring with the anvil was built by Ron Nichols representing Rutherford County Blacksmith Association (RCBA).You can see the completed project at the SBA Conference in May. The demonstrators will be Peter Ross, Jason Knight with Billy Ridgill, and Michael Dillon, so it should be a really good time. Hope to see everyone there!
March 7, 201511 yr Guys, Below is the brochure and registration form for the upcomming Appalachian Area Chapter 50th Anniversary Celebration on April 17th and 18th. We will have our Southern Blacksmith Association project on display at this event. The SBA conference in Madison, GA is on May 14th through 17th. The reg. form and brochure for it are also below. Hope to See you there.If you have never been to a conference, and you have been missing out, please come to our 50th Anniversary Celebration. It has free admission to AACB members. Joining our Group allows admission to the event, and then get excited about blacksmithing all over again. This will expose folks to the conference style setting, you will meet folks who you will want to forge with again at the SBA Conference in May. 2015_SBA_Brochure_LetterSize.pdfAACB 50th Anniversary Celebration Invitation Announcemnet.pdf
March 10, 201511 yr Great work! Very nice detail.I really hope to make the conference in May. Edited March 10, 201511 yr by 01tundra
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