Alex Bealer Blacksmith Association

Directions to Corrina’s Studio

From North side of town:

1. Highway route
*Take 75/85 connecter south, through downtown,onto I-20 west
*Take first exit, Lee st.
*Take a left at the end of the ramp
*Go through 2 lights, take a left on Ralph David Abernathy,
(if you go too far there will be a Marta station on left)

*Go under railroad bridge and through 2 more lights, then take a right onto
*Metropolitan parkway, stay in right lane, take a quick right up ramp you will see a bright red building front that says

THE METROPOLITAN, # 675 and it is bright red!

*There is a red keypad on the left the code is 1127* go into gate, *Take a very sharp right, (so that the fence is on your right)

*Go to the end of the row of buildings, take a right, and a quick left around the Building.
Just in front of you, and as you turn there should be trees on right

My studio is suite# 6017, it is about 1/3 of the way down on the left, (look for a wooden deck, the only tree, and a garden!)

2.Surface Roads

*Take Northside drive north...past the congress center/dome etc until it changes to Metropolitan parkway. *Eventually the road will curve to the right, stay on it then go under a bridge, pass Nicky's sea food(on left), cross over Ralph David Abernathy, and ramp to complex is on your right...follow directions from *Metropolitan parkway from here...

Call if you have any questions!

Corrina
678 523 9969

What will the forged item for Iron In The Hat be?

I too would like to know what the forged item for the January meeting is to be.

Hi all,

I wanted to see if we can further discuss Dan Tull's suggestion about a fund-raising blacksmith auction we can use to increase our bank account and actually accomplish some of our goals. I, for one, think it's a great idea. But there are a few issues we need to discuss and resolve in order to make it a success:

We need to finish whatever paperwork is still outstanding to get our 501-c3 designation so that winning bidders will be able to deduct their contributions as a charitable donation. I know its a time-consuming project, so if we get at it now, it might be approved by fall festival time.

We need to find a suitable venue, some place that will have visitors likely to spend money--we blacksmiths usually don't have that much. So perhaps we need to piggy-back off one of the art-related festivals in the state. What would be a good one to approach? Or could we stage it ourselves? If so, we would have to find a location, get special insurance, and spend some money on promoting it, or find a source of public funding to help us. We could offer demonstrations that would educate the public about our craft and perhaps add to our membership as well as raise funds.

We need to think of special objects we can auction. I have some ideas for some garden art that I could use some help with. I came into some empty gas tanks (note to some, don't try to sell nitrous oxide hits at the Tabernacle concerts, your tanks will get confiscated!). They make neat garden bells and sound a bit like the ones on ocean buoys. I have four different sizes. I'll donate some tanks and we can make some sort of decorative frames for them. Any one with ideas, contact me and we can get together and work in my shop. Other things might include one-on-one classes with some of our very talented members. Or a beginner's tool set--again, we want to promote our craft. What ideas do you have? A large group project like the ring project could be the centerpiece of the auction.

The Folk School raised more than $15,000 from their blacksmith auction, and although I'm sure we couldn't do as well given the School's long history, with the right partner(s) we could make this an annual event.

Come on, give me your thoughts here or at the meeting. Let's see if we can make something happen this year.

Linda

Linda Holmes-Rubin

If the roads are passable I'll be there in the morning I hope to see some of you there.