Blacksmithing Fundamentals

Blacksmithing Fundamentals

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600 St. Andrews Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792 United States

Foundry

Beginner

10/18/2022-12/13/2022

2:30 PM-4:30 PM EDT on Tue

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$350.00

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Learn the fundamental process for traditional blacksmithing. Students will use the hammer to forge hot steel on the anvil and learn how to make handles, hooks, and ornamental scrolls. Practice techniques such as flattening, upsetting, twisting, punching, and drawing, and familiarity with the blacksmith forge. All materials included. Skill level: Beginner

  • Note: This class is fairly physically intensive, and calls for nimble dexterity and significant manual strength.
  • All materials included.
Alexandres, Stefan

Stefanis Alexandres was born in Athens Greece in 1952. He is a multi-award winning jeweler and sculptor and has been teaching Metal Arts at Crealde ´ School of Art since 2008. From 1964 to 1972 he apprenticed in metal arts in the traditional ways of the old world, as guided through the organized guilds of Greece before opening his first studio in 1974. His training is based on the Byzantine Art and he draws inspiration for his metalwork from history, mythology, folk tales and real life. Stefan immigrated to America with his wife and daughter in 1989.

Stefanis Alexandres apprenticed eight years for metal arts and crafts in the traditional ways of the old world as guided through the organized guilds in Athens, Greece. In 1974 opened his first studio in Athens Greece. Stefan moved to the United States in 1988 with his wife and his daughter. Currently he teaches jewelry at Crealde School of Art, Winter Park Florida.


2023 VII MUESTRA·ORFEBRERÍA CONTEMPORÁNEA at the MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTES DECORATIVAS de MADRID and MUSEO CERRALBO de MADRID.
2022 Japan Jewellery Competition Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, organized by Japan Jewellery Designers Association.
2022 Annual 70th Florida Folk Festival May 27, 28 & 29, 2022 Stephen Foster, State Park
2021 National Arts Program Best of Show 16th Annual National Arts Program Osceola Arts
2016 Schiffer Publishing Book “Art Jewelry Today 4” By Sandra Korinchak
2014 Creativity Oggetti, Torino Italy, Creativity Contest
2014 MESA Contemporary Arts Museum Mesa, AZ. 35th Annual Contemporary Crafts
2013 Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition. Sep-Oct, 2013 Beijing, China.
2013 Jewelry Invitational. More Than Just Bling! Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, Fl
2013 Niche Awards Exhibition Buyers Market of American Craft finalist
2012 Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington DC
2010 United Arts of Central Florida individual artists award
2007 United Arts of Central Florida individual artists award
2006 Farmington Museum, NM “Gateway to Imagination”
2005 Art Institute & Gallery 14th Juried Competition.