INDIANA BLACKSMITHING ASSOCIATION, INC. 35 th ANNUAL CONFERENCE TIPTON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS TIPTON, INDIANA JUNE 5-7, 2015
Free Early Registration Drawing Pre-register by May 20, 2015 for free drawing First Prize Full Conference Fees For 2016 Conference Second Prize IBA board members and others with complimentary fees are not eligible. ALCOHOL NOTICE The Tipton County Fair Board forbids Drugs and Alcohol on the grounds. The Tipton City Police Department will enforce this restriction. For more Conference information contact James JJ Johnston, Conference Chairman, (765-452-8165)
Friday June 5 - Setup begins at 9 AM Conference Schedule - Registration begins at 1 PM. Registration will be in the center of the Demonstration Barn. - Pizza from Pizza Hut will be provided by the IBA during evening demo - Shane Stegmeier Demonstration Saturday June 6 - Breakfast and coffee available on the grounds - Registration will begin at 8:00 AM - Demonstrations: 9:00 AM to 12 Noon - Lunch 12 Noon to 1:30 PM Lunch available on the grounds - Iron-In-The-Hat will be held during lunch. - Demonstrations: 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM - Dinner: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Buffet Style - Auction: 6:30 to? - Drawings for early registration following the auction. - Contests start after the drawing. Sunday June 7 Highlights - Breakfast and lunch available on the grounds - Registration will begin at 8:00 AM - Demonstrations: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM - Close and tear down following demonstration - Vendors & tailgate sales Friday through Sunday - Hands on beginners instruction Saturday 9 AM - 12 PM, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Tailgate Sales No charge, but please contribute to the auction or Iron-In-The-Hat. Those participating in tailgate sales MUST be registered for the conference. Blacksmithing related items please. Follow the signs to be sure to set up in the correct areas.
Conference Particulars Camping From tents to motor homes with power, $20.00/night/unit. (Fairground s rules & prices). Showers available. Gallery Exhibition Area We will make available exhibition areas to show items you have made that you wish to keep. You may retrieve these items at the end of the conference. Raffle and Auction Please bring items for the Iron-In-The-Hat raffle and items for the auction. Your contributions go a long way to supporting the costs of the conference and makes a difference between success and failure. SCROUNGE a little!!!. Note: Please keep the items blacksmith related. We reserve the right to refuse any Iron-In-The-Hat items. Special Display Only Contests Contests: (Judged but not sold) Your best show and tell items. Awards. Done at home project: A pair of tongs made by a single blacksmith. A striker/helper is allowed. Tongs will be judged on appearance and functionality Group Project: We request that each satellite group make a garden bench or seat of their own design. Individual members are also encouraged to enter a project. All projects will be displayed at the IBA conference and auctioned at the IBA Conference, at makers decision. 4-Hour Visitors Pass Visitors to the conference can purchase a special 4-hour pass at the registration table. Cost is $5 Conference Setup The conference setup will begin Friday morning June 5th. Your help with set up and tear down will be appreciated. ***SAFETY GLASSES ARE REQUIRED*** AT ALL BLACKSMITHING DEMONSTRATIONS
Friday Night Demonstration: Shane Stegmeier Shane is a blacksmith, and farrier living in Gaston, Indiana. He began blacksmithing in earnest in 1985, making a nasal helm, pattern welded Damascus knives, and forge welded axe heads, while still in high school. In 1990 he moved to California, and spent a year working temp jobs while being a starving artist blacksmith with his best friend Ernie Leimkuhler. Returning home to Indiana he met his wife and settled down. In 1995 he began an apprenticeship with Jim Keith, and has been a fulltime farrier since then. The Friday Night Demo will be an updated and expanded version of the 1 hour class he did years ago at SOFA. What to do with a Farrier s Rasp: other than make an Asp The demo will begin with a discussion of psychology and design philosophy, and then will use rasps to explore these concepts. There are lots of creative uses that an old rasp can be turned into. Shane is really hoping he can inspire you with some of the ideas and applications he has come up with.
Demonstrator Michael Bendele Delphos, OH www.michealbendele.com Michael Bendele has been working metal, ferrous and nonferrous, for over 38 years. His work extends from small vessels and cabinet hardware to large architectural pieces. Michael s demonstration will focus on tips and techniques he has developed, adapted, borrowed, and stolen over the past 38 years working full time.
The demonstration will be a mixture of approaches to design and problem solving, as well as dealing with potential customers, architects, or designers. He will use both power and hand forging, and discuss the basic, general, and specific tooling for both. Michael plans to forge steel on Saturday, and nonferrous metals, mainly, 464 naval brass, 377 forging brass, 655 silicon bronze, and 260 cartridge brass, and copper, on Sunday.
Demonstrator Saturday Only Phoebe Graham Phoebe Graham is the IBA 2014 Rookie of the Year. Phoebe hails from Greentown, IN with husband Brandon and children Uriah and Opal. Brandon sparked her interest in blacksmithing. That interest became much more serious after meeting Jeff Farmer at Pontiac a few years ago. Phoebe s love of blacksmithing stems from the ability to express herself combined with the ability to exercise frustrations. The demonstration content will be a surprise, but it is guaranteed to be fun with plenty of joking and laughter. Auction Please support IBA s auction and raffle with your items. Your support is very much appreciated Auction items bringing over$100 are eligible for 50/50 split with the item donor
REMOVE CENTER PAGES AND RETURN TO: INDIANA BLACKSMITHING ASSOCIATION, INC. Farrel Wells, Registration Coordinator 8235 E 499 S Dunkirk, IN 47336-8807
Indiana Blacksmithing Association, Inc. 2015 Conference Registration ---PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY & FILL OUT COMPLETELY--- Name Name(s) of others you are paying for: Address Phone Email Blacksmithing Association(s) you are a member of: In Advance At Door One Day Weekend One Day Weekend # People Member of any Blacksmithing Association $30.00 $42.00 $35.00 $47.00 $ Family Members $3.00 $5.00 $4.00 $6.00 $ Non-Members $35.00 $47.00 $40.00 $52.00 $ Family of Non-Members $4.00 $6.00 $5.00 $7.00 $ Tinsmith Class Registration and fees at conference Total Saturday Buffet $9.00 $10.00 $ Camping Fee - $20.00 per night per unit Electric & Water Hook Up (Fairground Fees) $20.00 $40.00 $20.00 $40.00 $ TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED $ Check # Dated 2015 Please make checks payable to Indiana Blacksmithing Association, Inc. Please reserve spaces for the Beginner s Class. Names: Yes, I will help make the conference great with the following:
Iron-In-The-Hat items Auction Items I will volunteer to be sold for a day I will enter the Done At Home contest Please give me tailgate space (NOTE: You must be registered for the conference) I would like to volunteer to be a videographer I will help setup on Friday I will help tear down on Sunday SPECIAL NOTICE: A drawing will be held Saturday after the auction for two early registration prizes. (See page 2) Your name will be included in this drawing only if your registration reaches us by May 20th, 2015. No other action is needed on your part. RETURN YOUR REGISTRATION with check made out to Indiana Blacksmithing Association, Inc. to INDIANA BLACKSMITHING ASSOCIATION, INC. Farrel Wells, Registration Coordinator 8235 E 499 S Dunkirk, IN 47336-8807 (765)768-6235 Confirmation will not be sent Read and sign the wavier on the back side of this registration This will save time at the registration table
WAVIER In consideration of the Indiana Blacksmithing Association, and it s hosts and demonstrators, making these demonstrations available and granting permission to enter the area of said demonstrations, I hereby waive all claims for damage and/or loss to my person or property which may be caused by any act, failure to act, of the Indiana Blacksmithing Association, its officers, agents, employees, and hosts and demonstrators. I understand that there are inherent dangers in blacksmithing and I assume the risk of all dangerous conditions in and about such demonstrations and waive any and all specific notice of the existence of such conditions. By signing this waiver, I acknowledge that I have read and understand such waiver. Signature: Date:
Demonstrator Saturday Only Dick Fisher Engraving Dick Fisher of Speedway, IN will be offering a demonstration and discussion on engraving. Dick has taken engraving classes at GRS in Kansas and at NRA engraving class. He has also studied the styles of Mike Dubber and John Shipper. Dick will discuss various pneumatic and hand engraving systems. He will also discuss forging your own engraving tools. Beginner s Class The Jean Eichhorn Beginning Blacksmith Class will be instructed by Keith Hicks and will be assisted by a cast of others. This will take place in 2 sessions on Saturday, a morning and an afternoon session lasting 4 hours each. Sunday morning session will be added if needed. Preregistration is preferred but not necessary. Persons who are pre-registered will have first priority. Must be a male or female between 6 and 123 years of age. Experience not necessary at all. Safety glasses will be required, parental permission for those under the age of 18, and must be an IBA member for insurance liability purposes. There will be no charge for this class. Regardless of level, we will be starting with the absolute basics and hopefully this will be entertaining as well as informative
Demonstrator Nathan Robertson Max, MN jpine@paulbunyan.net Nathan started blacksmithing in 1998. Tools were his biggest interest. The following year he had a 50 lb Little Giant and the start of a metal shop. In 2000 Nathan started making hammers. As of late October 2014 he has forged just shy of 4200 hammers of all types and sizes and hundreds of other tools. Nathan has taught classes all over the country. His main interest is flat die forging and tooling with power hammers. He has gathered information over the years from smiths like Clifton Ralph, Bob Bergman, Steve Parker, and Phil Cox.
Nathan s demonstration will cover tool design, making drifts, numerous ways of putting holes in handled tools (and finishing those tools), some power hammer tooling, some hot plate bowl raising, stamping, and some simpler quick and dirty projects to break up the monotony.
Gallery Exhibition Items The exhibition gallery is a popular venue. Be sure to bring blacksmith work, antique tools and related items from your collection for others to view.
Tinsmithing Class with Dennis Kutch When Dennis Kutch was a young boy, he was fascinated by the work that took place in the back room of the Odon Hardware. In that back room was a man operating old tools powered by hand that bent, cut, rolled and folded pieces of thin metal into stove pipes and heating ducts. They were the tools of a tinsmith. Dennis will share his knowledge of tinsmithing by leading a full day class on Saturday. Project details and sign up will be available at the conference. Space will be limited, so be sure to sign up early. Special Pre-Conference Hammer Making Class Nathan Robertson Instructor Location: Prairie Conner on June 3&4 For details contact Jim Johnston kokomoblacksmith@comcast.net 765-452-8165
Area Accommodations East Street Inn Tipton, IN 46072 765-675-7505 Our location is South of downtown Tipton, IN On the West side of highway IN 19 at the Tipton County 4-H Fairgrounds across from the Tipton High School
DUNKIRK, IN 47336-8807 INDIANA BLACKSMITHING ASSOCIATION, INC. FARREL WELLS, REGISTRATION COORDINATOR 8235 E 499 S ANNOUNCING THE 35 th ANNUAL INDIANA BLACKSMITHING ASSOCIATION, INC CONFERENCE, JUNE 5 JUNE 7, 2015 FORGING FRIENDSHIPS Address Correction Requested If undeliverable return to sender FIRST CLASS MAIL