Hello there...it has been a while since I last updated this thing. About a week ago one might say. I have been busy this past week working on my forging and fold forming skillz. Mostly just my forging skillz though. I learned a lot and will post some photos of what I made. Starting out with bits of 6 gauge wire I made a knife, a fork, a spoon kind of thing, a little figure (looks like a cave drawing in 3D), and a bracelet. I made all these things using only two kinds of hammer blows. Using the cross peen you either hit perpendicular to the metal or parallel to the metal.
The rest of my Touchstone experience was pretty good as well. This place is by far the smallest and most rustic of the craft schools I've been to. There were about 30 students there. There are dorm like rooms but I stayed in a cabin that had no plumbing or heat or air conditioning, and very minimal electricity with extremely limited internet access (you have to go to the lodge for that sort of thing and I spent my time either in the studio or sleeping) and almost no cellular service. I was lucky on a few occasions, but if i did talk to you on the phone last week you can picture me standing out in the middle of a field wandering around it trying to get a good signal...I must have looked awesome. This is kind of getting me pumped up for Africa! I actually kind of liked just being on my own, not being connected to anything...I didn't know anyone eithder and I was the youngest person there so I just sort of did my own thing.
OK, one week down one week to go.
spork with a knife handle! it's only for those who eat dangerously. and a SERVIETTE
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