From the monthly archives:
A book written by Kerouac, but also an apt description of my status. I originally happened upon the John C. Campbell Folk School when I was looking for classes to jump start my education in metal work and blacksmithing. For the past month I have been traveling visiting with smiths and trying to glean every [...]
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We finished up in the forge cleaned up shop, showed off our work, ate, listened to the Redhead Express, sat around, talked and spent the night in a wonderful fashion.
The class was in overdrive yesterday, and it wasn’t until all the work was done that it hit us. After a week of constant smithing, eating, [...]
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I’ve caught the blacksmithing bug. I’m here writing but would rather have a hammer in my hand, an anvil to my right and a forge to my left. Today has been the most productive day in the shop. Early on Paul, the resident blacksmith (a job smiths would die for), came in and helped me [...]
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Many of our students have mentioned on their comment forms that they’d like a way to carpool to their week at the Folk School. We’d like to do something about this that will work for both you and for us, and we need your input.
We’ve looked at some third-party websites that are specific to carpooling, [...]
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I know that this upcoming weekend won’t be nearly as fun and exciting as last…because last weekend I had the pleasure of taking part in the first ever French Folk Dance Weekend at the Folk School! My head is full of all the new steps we danced; one-two-three in so many combinations! We learned several [...]
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