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October 2, 2004
Dave Koenig
demonstrates at
FALL BLACKSMITH'S HAMMERFEST
at
Oldenburg
This Fall we returned to our favorite Oldenburg site at HABA Lifetime Member Kennie Hall's place on Antique Show Weekend Oct 1-3. to bring our forges and have a good time.
Our bi-annual Blacksmith's Hammerfest event at Oldenburg was the weekend of October 2. We featured several special regional demonstrators under a Big Tent Saturday including :
More information is available at the HABA website for the event Blacksmith's Hammerfest.
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Featured Blacksmiths HammerFest Demonstrator
October 2, 2004
Dave Koenig
Houston Area Blacksmiths Association
Statement
Dave Koenig is a hobbyist blacksmith living in Houston, TX. He has a passion for forging metals the old fashion way…without the use of electricity…and sharing what he knows about the art and craft of blacksmithing with others.
This interest in the craft began in 1979. Like most hobbyists he played around with the craft with little early progress.
Then he learned about the Artist-Blacksmith’s Association of North America, ABANA, and the Texas Blacksmith’s Association, now Balcones Forge.
These organizations were valuable for learning forging process through demonstrations and identifying smithing resources for fuel, tools and books about the art and craft.
In the early 80’s he built his shop in the woods near Magnolia, TX. The shop remains a place to relax and learn and teach.
Dave founded the Houston Area Blacksmiths’ Association in 1997.
In June of 2002 Dave was appointed to the ABANA Board of Directors and that same year became the chairperson for the 2004 ABANA Conference in Richmond, Kentucky.
Forging metals with a hammer, anvil and hand tools is a very satisfying and creative experience. He is convinced that making something by hand, whether it is baking a cake or forging an iron grille, is pretty close to being a basic human need. When that need can be satisfied by directly using the elements of, air, water, fire and metal, the satisfaction is just magnified.
Demo
My demonstration will include forging copper, aluminum and steel and to complete three projects: 1. a copper hairpin; 2. a kinetic sculpture of copper and steel; 3. an aluminum vessel or leaf. The aluminum piece will be forged from 1" round bar.
The sculpture and aluminum forging will be partially completed prior to the demonstration. I will focus the demonstration on key forging processes, resources and finish. I will have some kind of handout for an aluminum forging.
A handout for the demo can be downloaded by clicking FORGING ALUMINUM VESSEL
Below are examples of the demonstration pieces.
Contact
Dave Koenig
Tudor Forge
Magnolia, Texas
(281) 855-2869
TudorForge@cs.com
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