Ready for Whatever
Session 1 | June 8–20
Gothic by Elizabeth Brim, 2018. Etched, fabricated, and inflated steel, 14" x12," 3" tall. Photo by Kathryn Gremley.
This beginner’s workshop will focus on traditional and innovative ways to form hot steel. Emphasis will be on teaching skills required to express unique ideas and create well-crafted work in iron. Participants will learn tapering, upsetting, bending, spreading, forge welding, and inflating and welding with an Oxygen Acetylene torch will be taught. All levels welcome.
Elizabeth Brim (she/her) is a blacksmith and teacher, living in western North Carolina. She is best known for feminine imagery in her ironwork. A native of Columbus, GA, she received an MFA in Printmaking before studying and working with a variety of materials at the Penland School of Craft. Quite unexpectedly, she fell in love with iron.
With a unique juxtaposition of the feminine and the ferrous, Brim transforms the frilly dresses, fairy tales, and gender expectations of her childhood into remarkable works of social commentary.