Creative Metalworking: Forging and Welding (Seattle Session with Carla Grahn)

Gain a basic understanding of forging, metal-forming and welding in this introductory class. Learn how to bend, shape, twist, texture and join steel to create decorative and organic forms without focusing too heavily on traditional, more technical processes of Pratt's other blacksmithing classes. By combining elements of fabrication and metal forming, you'll become comfortable in both shops and get a taste for the techniques you might want to explore more in the future at Pratt. Prerequisit... (read more)