Scottish Borders Blacksmith

Sculptor in Iron

Stan Pike.

Est 1981.


Stan runs a range of course for the professional Blacksmith looking to enhance his skills to course for the individual who wants to learn more about blacksmithing and produce his own individual piece of work. Each course can be tailored to the needs of those participating and valuable and practical skills will be taught throughout.

Training is based on key blacksmithing skills and forge techniques. The courses shown below are designed to provide a mixture of practical experience under the supervision of master blacksmith Stan Pike.

Course A:

Basic Blacksmithing - one day course

 

Aimed at the complete beginner or someone with related experience. 1 Day

 Course B:

Creative Blacksmithing - one or two day course

 

Aimed at those with some experience, course B provides the necessary experience

Course B1. Scroll Making

Enhance your forge work. Learn how to make several scroll designs, fishtail , penny , taper , blow over leaf scrolls and many others. One day

Course B2. Animal Heads

Learn how to make one of the best Rams Heads you will ever see, Herons Head, Dragons Head, Horse Head. Choose which one you want to make. 1 or 2 day course. Depends how many heads you want do make.

Course B3, Finial Ends.

Most finials are machine made these days, have you ever wondered how to make by hand the Corn on the Cob, Twisted knot, the simple cage or onion designs. This syllabus will cover this.

Course B4. Leaf Work

Roses, water leaves, Acanthus Leaves, Ears of Wheat. This is an intricate course bringing together scroll work and leaf work aspect of creating beautiful iron work. 1 or 2 day course.

Course B5. Tool-making

Blacksmiths would never buy tools, they nearly always made their own tongs, anvil tools ,hammer tools etc. This course teaches you how.

Course C: Forge work training 3 day course.
  This course can provide a balanced mixture of all the practical experience above tailored to meet the needs of the apprentice and the employer. It is directed towards trainees with some basic blacksmithing skills or students wishing to obtain hands on experience in a traditional forge setting.
   
  Training modules and syllabus can be discussed with Stan Pike
   
Start and End 9am till 5pm.
Cost One day £190.00 Ex B/B
  Two Days £360.00 Ex B/B
  Three Days £530.00 Ex B/B
  More than tree days contact Stan Pike
Accommodation. B/B can be aranged

 

 

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