Rooting for You: Smithing for the Garden
Square ONE | July 6–10
Hook Rack by Addison de Lisle, 2024. Forged and assembled mild steel, 14” x 3” x 1”.
Blacksmithing is a versatile craft that enables you to make a tremendous range of objects, from jewelry to sculpture, and almost anything in between. Workshop participants will be introduced to fundamental blacksmithing techniques while learning to make beautiful and useful objects for the home and garden. Hooks, plant hangers, simple tools, and more are all possibilities as you learn to use a hammer, anvil, and fire to shape steel to your designs. Exclusive for beginners.
Addison de Lisle (he/him) is a formally trained metalsmith who uses blacksmithing, silversmithing, and digital fabrication techniques to produce a broad range of work. He teaches workshops and exhibits work nationwide and maintains an independent studio practice in midcoast Maine. de Lisle received a BFA from Maine College of Art & Design, an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and a Fine Metalworking Fellowship from the Fondation de Coubertin, France. He has taught workshops at Haystack, Penland School of Craft, Touchstone Center for Craft, Appalachian Center for Craft, John C. Campbell Folk School, Center for Metal Arts, Peters Valley, and College of the Building Arts. de Lisle was awarded a 2024 Maine Artist Fellowship by the Maine Arts Commission.