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Hello All NMABA members and any visitors,

Here is some information about our upcoming and previous NMABA demonstrations:

Member Blacksmith Starting Gear Sale: Moving sale and requesting help with getting rid of large items before a member relocates. Please see the For Sale page of the website and spread the word if you know of people looking for a starter setup.


UPCOMING EVENT:

December Demonstration: Robb Gunter - 12/07/2024

The New Mexico Artist Blacksmith Association (NMABA) will be hosting Robb Gunter for a demonstration on how to make hammers. This event will be hosted at Wholesale Timber & Viga in Bernalillo.

This will be a demonstration only event.

Please bring something to contribute to the community potluck as well as a work of art in your signature style to donate to the Iron in the Hat Raffle.

Check the event calendar section for more details and directions. 

 

PAST MEETINGS:


11/02/2024 @ Wholesale Timber & Viga - First Skill Workshop.

10/05/2024 @ Wholesale Timber & Viga - Beginners Meeting focused on giving new smiths a chance to hand forge art.


09/05/2024-09/15/2024 @ Expo NM -2024 State Fair with Multiple Members Demonstrating and Selling Wares


08/03/2024 @ Wholesale Timber & Viga - Multiple members demonstrating how to craft your own "handiest" tools.

06/01/2024 @ Christopher Thomson Ironworks - Makings of Public Sculptures by Christopher Thomson

 04/06/2024 @ Wholesale Timber & Viga - Flower demo by Geoff McIntosh


02/03/2024 @ Pace Iron Works - Wall hook demo by Jim Treadwell

 

12/02/2023 Robb Gunter A33 punch & chisels tools demonstration with open forges



 
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Meetings are held regularly on the first Saturday of every other month.  Most meetings begin at 9am and feature a fantastic pot-luck lunch, demonstrations given by either members or special guests, and a chance to connect with the local blacksmithing community.

 

 

 

We are a not-for-profit corporation organized exclusively for educational purposes, such as encouraging and facilitating the establishment of training programs for aspiring smiths; disseminating information about sources of material and equipment; exposing the art of blacksmithing for architects, interior designers, other interested groups and the general public; promoting friendship, social activities, and the sharing of knowledge among blacksmiths everywhere.

 

 

 

Visitors are welcome at our meetings and here online.  Please note that most of the content available at our web-site is for members only.  For example, meeting reports that take place at public locations are available to everyone, meeting reports for happenings at members' shops are available only to members, as is the membership directory and other content.  We lost our access to the 4-H facility a while back, so recently there have been few public meetings.  We have about 50 active members, and about half or a little less show up for each meeting.





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