Short on funds - COME FOR A DAY

- The CanIRON 8 organizing team did its best to offer a high quality conference, yet attempt to keep the registration cost as low as we could.

But we all realize that not everyone can manage to attend the full four days.

Remember that you can purchase a single day admission pass at the registration desk!
This is ideal for those who may not be able to get time off work, have family commitments on this holiday weekend, or are just tight on funds.

A one day pass costs $85 (+ HST)
OABA members get a $10 discount

Here's what is happening - day by day:
Click on this to get a full size copy you can print off

Its not too late to make plans for attending on FRIDAY - when programming runs from 9 am to 9:30 pm. This is by far our most information packed day of CanIRON 8

Hope to see you there!

Hands On WORKSHOPS

- Remember that CanIRON 8 offers registered members not only the chance to SEE - but also to DO.

HANDS ON WORKSHOPS

This separate area (the red & white tent) has one 'masters' forge plus six additional forge work stations. These stations have a coal forge, anvil and basic set of hand tools.)

1) Three hour long sessions run Thursday afternoon, plus both morning & afternoon of Friday / Saturday, plus Sunday morning.
2) Those interested should already have basic level forge skills as a minimum. Although some basic level tools are available, those wishing to participate are strongly suggested to bring their own personal hand tools. Forge suitable clothing and safety glasses are a requirement.
3) Participants will be chosen by lottery before each session. Names will be drawn from those submitted, to occur after the evening meal, the night before a particular session. Those names will also be posted on the central notice board.
The exception will be Jake Powning's session on Thursday afternoon. Those interested should gather at the Workshop area for the class start at 1:30. The draw will take place at that time.

Of course others will be free to observe these sessions from outside the rope line.


Jake Powning

Thursday : 1:30 - 4:30

Basic Bladesmithing

6 students, intermediate level

Mike McCarthy

Friday : 9 - 12

Laminating for Tool Making

6 students, intermediate level (forge welding experience not required)

Kelly Smyth

Friday : 1:30 - 4:30

Forging Tongs

6 students, basic level

Brian Russell

Saturday : 9 - 12

Gate Elements 1

6 students, intermediate level (different class than Gate 2)

Paul Allen

Saturday : 1:30 - 4:30

Forging an Acanthus Leaf

6 students, basic level, a materials fee may apply

Brian Russell

Sunday : 9 - 12

Gate Elements 2 / Assemble

6 students, intermediate level (different class than Gate 1)


In the evenings (Thurs/Fri/Sat) The SIX work stations will be available for pick up work, inspiration, or just plain messing around. There will be teaching supervision provided in the evenings from 7 - 9 pm only.�

Last Minute DEMONSTRATIONS

- In case you missed the final published schedule (July 12) there were some final additions to fill the last gaps - in what was already a pretty packed demonstration schedule:

DAVID ROBERTSON - Saturday, 9 to 12 AM - 'Beyond the Basics'

David operates Hammer & Tongs, and is widely know via his membership list at artistblacksmith.com. This forge work experience goes back to the early 1980's. He is one of the best known teachers of introductory and intermediate blacksmithing in Ontario. David's demonstration session will be ideal for those who are looking to expand 'beyond the basics', illustrating more complex shaping techniques for those who have gotten serious about their blacksmithing hobby and want to progress to the next level.


MICHAEL MCCARTHY - Thursday, 8 to 9:30 PM - 'A Sculpted Head'

Mike is one of our featured demonstrators. He has offered to present an additional short session at CanIRON 8. He will be demonstrating how three dimensional punching can be used to create a specific decorative terminal, a sculpted face / head. He says the form 'looks like an old man's face to start, then you fold it over and it looks like a human head from one angle, and almost like a horses head from another.' Of certain to be of interest to those who like to work with punch work techniques.

DAVE KRITZ - Thursday, 8 to 9:30 PM - 'Copper Leaves'

Dave is a local Ontario smith. He often demonstrates to the general public, but this will be his first major to fellow blacksmiths. Dave has developed some cold working techniques using copper tubing and sheet. He will be illustrating these methods - which can make nice additions to your smaller forged projects.

ROBERT WAGNER - Sunday, 9 - 12 AM - 'the Historic Forge'

Robert will be undertaking a display and demonstration of his War of 1812 styled portable charcoal forge. This is part of our free public outreach programming. Come take a look and where blacksmithing in Ontario started - and how far we have come.


Only FIVE more days!

Latest SCHEDULE

Conference Schedule
July 13 2011
Note some additions and changes (italics).

Feature Demonstration	Feature Lecture	Hands on Workshop	Public Outreach
Secondary Demonstration	Secondary Lecture / Panel	Other Activities	Logistics

	Time	Area	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
			July 28	July 29	July 30	July 31	August 1
MORNING	9 - 12		Registration Opens				Packing Down
		Gallery	Work Accepted	Members Only	Members Only	Members Only
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	OABA Project	OABA Project	Historic Forge
		Demo A		Paul Allen Scrollwork for Acanthus Leaf	David Robertson Beyond Basics	Sandra Dunn Assembling - Chair
		Demo B		Jesus Hernandez Bloom to Bar	Kelly Smyth 'Chains Over Time'	Jake Powning Bronze Casting
		Hands On		Mike McCarthy Basic Toolmaking	Brian Russell Gate Elements	Brian Russell Assembling Gate
	(9 - 10:30)	Conference		Panel : Business of Blacksmithing	Workshop : Design Tricks Darrell Markewitz	Contributed video
	(10:30 - 12)	Conference		Smithing Science Kevin Peffers		Workshop : Working the Web David Robertson
LUNCH	(12 - 1:30 )			Meal Plan	Meal Plan	Meal Plan	Site Closes
	12:30 - 1:30	Gallery		Using the INTENET Neil Peterson	Mike McCarthy 19th C Blacksmiths	currently open
	12:45 - 1:30	Caffeteria		Sandra Dunn Design from History	Jesus Hernandez Japanese Bladesmithing	currently open
AFTERNOON	1:30 - 4:30		Opening Ceremonies			Official Closing
		Gallery	Work Accepted	Public Access 'Meet the Artist'	Public Access 'Meet the Artist'	Remove Work
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	Major Project	Major Project
		Demo A	Paul Allen Forging a Flower	Brian Russell Gate Elements	Sandra Dunn Joinery Elements
		Demo B	Mark Puigmarti Sculpting Mass 1	Mark Puigmarti Sculpting Mass 2	Jake Powning Pattern Welding
		Hands On	Jake Powning Basic Bladesmithing	Kelly Smyth Making Tongs	Paul Allen Making Acanthus Leaf	Forging Competition (public)
	(1:30 - 3 )	Conference		Panel : 'How to CanIRON'	Panel : 'Women of Steel'
	(3 - 4:30 )	Conference	Panel : Canadian Artist Blacksmiths ??	Contributed Video	Contributed video
DINNER	( 5 - 6:30 )		Opening BBQ	Meal Plan	Thank Yous Meal Plan	Equipment Pack-Up
EVENING	7 - 8	Caffeteria	Meet Demonstrators	Brian Russell Portfolio	Auction (public) 6:30 - 9
	7 - 8	Gallery		(possibly open)
	8 - 9	Caffeteria	Paul Allen Portfolio	Jake Powning Design from the Ancients	Auction (continues)
	8 - 9	Gallery	Mark Puigmarti Portfolio	Kelly Smyth Nautical Blacksmithing
	(6:30 - 9:30)	Demo A	8 - 9:30 Mike McCarthy Sculpted Head	Mike McCarthy Pipe Tomahawk
	(6:30 - 9:30)	Demo B	8-9:30 Dave Kritz Copper Leaves	Jesus Hernandez Japanese Bladesmithing
	( 6 - 10)	Hands On	Open Forge	Open Forge	Open Forge

Details of Specific Sessions:

FEATURE DEMONSTRATIONS - There will be two main areas equipped for your featured demonstrators. Details below by individual demonstrator :

Paul Allen
Thursday	1:30 - 4:30	Demo A	'Forging a Flower'	A "three dimensional flower with fire welded stem and leaves made using pure forgework techniques”.
Friday	9 - 12	Demo A	'Scrolls for Acanthus Leaves'	Illustrating making the scrollwork for mounting an acanthus leaf. (This will be a preamble to his workshop session.)
Dark Ages Recreation Company
Thursday	9 - 5	Public demo	Iron Smelt	Ongoing all day Thursday as you arrive, DARC will demonstrate the easy to build 'Econo-Norse' iron smelting furnace. Expect the bloom to be extracted about 5 pm!
Sandra Dunn
Saturday	1:30 - 4:30	Demo A	'Joinery Elements'	Forging basic elements for a chair combining wood and steel.
Sunday	9 - 12	Demo A	'Assemble a Chair'	Completion of the chair project, assembling the individual elements.
Jesus Hernandez
Friday	9 - 12	Demo B	'Bloom to Blade'	Illustrating the process of converting a raw iron bloom into a working bar, preparatory to forging a blade. This all done utilizing tools and methods from the Japanese working traditions.
Friday	6:30 - 9:30	Demo B	'Japanese Bladesmithing'	Completing the bar to blade process, including showing the process of clay coating and quenching.
Mike McCarthy
Friday	6:30 - 9:30	Demo A	'Pipe Tomahawk'	Forging a late 1700's style pipe tomahawk.
Jake Powning
Saturday	1:30 - 4:30	Demo B	'Pattern Welding'	Illustrating some of the steps that go into the creation of a composite pattern welded sword billet.
Sunday	9 - 12	Demo B	'Bronze Casting'	Showing the process making bronze decorative fittings, from carving the wax to gravity poured casting & finishing.
Mark Puigmarti
Thursday	1:30 - 4:30	Demo B	'Sculpting Mass 1'	The demonstration will focus on hand forging larger stock using simple tools. While creating components for a free form sculptural piece he will explore the possibilities of design, and describe his approach to working.
Friday	1:30 - 4:30	Demo B	'Sculpting Mass 2'	Expanding and continuing working processes with larger stock and hand tools.
David Robertson
Saturday	9 - 12	Demo A	to be determined
Brian Russell
Friday	9 - 12	Demo A	'Gate Elements'	Brian will undertake the making of a simple gate for CanIRON VIII. This demonstration session will be followed up by two hands on worshops.
Kelly Smyth
Saturday	9 - 12	Demo B	'Chains over Time'	Showing her distinctive "Chains Over Time" motif. " This is an example of how using a traditional technique found in heavy ships' hardware that with a slight turn becomes delightful & useful where only the practical existed.

HANDS ON WORKSHOPS - This separate area has one 'masters' forge plus six additional forge work stations.

1)Three hour long sessions run Thursday afternoon, plus both morning & afternoon of Friday / Saturday, plus Sunday morning.
2) Those interested should already have basic level forge skills as a minimum. Although some basic level tools are available, those wishing to participate are strongly suggested to bring their own personal hand tools. Forge suitable clothing and safety glasses are a requirement.
3) Participants will be chosen by lottery before each session. Names will be drawn from those submitted, to occur after the evening meal, the night before a particular session. Those names will also be posted on the central notice board.

Of course others will be free to observe these sessions from outside the rope line.

Paul Allen	Saturday	1:30 - 4:30	Forging an Acanthus Leaf	6 students, basic level, a materials fee may apply
Mike McCarthy	Friday	9 - 12	Laminating for Tool Making	6 students, intermediate level (forge welding experience not required)
Brian Russell	Saturday	9 - 12	Gate Elements 1	6 students, intermediate level (different class than Gate 2)
	Sunday	9 - 12	Gate Elements 2 / Assemble	6 students, intermediate level (different class than Gate 1)
Kelly Smyth	Friday	1:30 - 4:30	Forging Tongs	6 students, basic level

In the evenings (Thurs/Fri/Sat) The SIX work stations will be available for pick up work, inspiration, or just plain messing around. There will be teaching supervision provided in the evenings from 7 - 9 pm only.

FEATURE LECTURES - Sessions by our feature demonstrators, offered in either the Caffeteria or the Gallery presentation spaces :

All	Thursday	Caffeteria	7 - 8	'Meet the Demonstrators' / Panel
Paul Allen	Thursday	Caffeteria	8 - 9	Portfolio
Sandra Dunn	Friday	Caffeteria	12:45 - 1:30	'Designing from History' / the chair project
Jesus Hernandez	Saturday	Caffeteria	12:45 - 1:30	'Japanese Bladesmithing'
Mike McCarthy	Saturday	Gallery	12:45 - 1:30	'19th Century Blacksmiths'
Jake Powning	Friday	Caffeteria	8 - 9	'Design from the Ancients'
Mark Puigmarti	Thursday	Gallery	8 - 9	Portfolio
Brian Russell	Friday	Caffeteria	7 - 8	Portfolio
Kelly Smyth	Friday	Gallery	8 - 9	Nautical Blacksmithing

SECONDARY PROGRAMING - Sessions of general interest, offered by both blacksmiths and those outside our regular community.

Note - at this time there are still some empty slots still to be filled!

'How to CanIRON'	Panel	Thursday	Conference	1:30 - 3	A bull session with current and past CanIRON organizers, discussing what works - and what doesn't.
'Canadian Artist Blacksmiths ?'	Panel	Thursday	Conference	3 - 4:30	An open session to discuss the possible development of a Canadian National organization.
'Business of Blacksmithing;	Panel	Friday	Conference	9 - 10:30	An open session to network and discuss working at Blacksmithing (as a living?). Come share tips and problems.
'Smithing Science'	Kevin Peffers	Friday	Conference	10:30 - 12	An overview of how basic physics and material sciences applies to the practical shaping of metals in the forge.
'Using the Internet'	Neil Peterson	Friday	Gallery	12:45 - 1:30	A beginer's introduction to the internet, e-mail and web sites, for fun and profit (?)
'Design Tricks'	Darrell Markewitz	Saturday	Conference	9 - 10:30	Can't draw? There are tricks you can use to develop your ideas and get them down on to paper. A practical working session.
"Women of Steel'	Panel	Saturday	Conference	1:30 - 3	Women often face different problems when it comes to male dominated blacksmithing - an open bull session hosted by Kelly Smyth.
"Working the Internet'	David Robertson	Sunday	Conference	10:30 - 12	How can you use the internet to promote your work as a blacksmith? A general discussion and working session to look at what works - and what doesn't.

FORGING COMPETITION - Love it or hate it, forging competitions done on the spot between teams of participants are always a big part of any gathering of Blacksmiths! Our hope is to allow the general public to be able to observe the goings on 'from behind the ropes'. This event will take place in the Hands On area on Sunday afternoon.

AUCTION - In keeping with our mission to inform and involve the public in selected aspects of CANIRON, we are hoping to open up participation in the fund raising auction to those with fatter wallets! The Auction is scheduled for Saturday evening.

GALLERY - The best way to inform the public to what we REALLY do is to allow them access to the Gallery. Bring your best and most inspiring work, make sure you include a stack of business cards. The layout of the site at the Fergus Sportsplex is ideal in terms of both layout and large size. Security and close supervision will be provided for all the work.

OPENING BBQ SOCIAL - All registared participants are invited to join in for an informal BBQ on a Bun dinner on Thursday - hosted by OABA. (Included with your paid registration.) Come meet the other conference members!

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS - A special area is being set aside, accessable to the general public, to illustrate just what Blacksmithing is all about:
Thursday - A demonstration of bloomery furnace iron smelting by members of the Dark Ages Re-creation Company.
Friday & Saturday - Work on creation of a larger artwork project, undertaken by OABA members under the direction of Dave McCord.
Sunday - 'Hammer in' style work by members of OABA, bring your protable forges!

Some things are free, but much more with Membership!

On 19/06/11 6:28 PM, John wrote:

Is it true that the iron smelt is on Thurs. only? That is my primary interest at the conference ...

The iron smelt by members of the Dark Ages Re-Creation Company will take place over the full day of Thursday 28, the opening day of CanIRON 8. The team will start the furnace build roughly 9 am, expects to be ready for the start of main sequence by noon, pulling the bloom roughly 4:30 - 5 pm.

This is a free, public outreach part of the conference. I'm expecting that I personally will be stuck running around organizing, but feature demonstrators Mike McCarthy and Jesus Hernandez are members of the "Early Iron Underground" and will be able (Mike especially) to lend a hand.

Of course you might expect that I should be plugging the full four day conference!

Jesus Hernandez, who works in the Japanese bladesmithing traditions, will be taking part of the DARC iron bloom and later demonstrating forging it down to a blade blank.


If you are interested in ancient historical methods, I think you will be interested in the (amazing) work of Jake Powning, who will be demonstrating Viking Age style pattern welding (twisted composite core), plus lecturing on his blend of Celtic and Norse designs.


There is a packed schedule of feature demonstrations, hands on workshops, lectures and panel sessions for paid registrations to CanIRON 8. One of the missions of the hosting organization, the Ontario Artist Blacksmith Association, is to inform and educate the general public about the 'art and mystery' of the blacksmith. For that reason we have included a full program of public outreach events.

Other aspects of CanIRON 8 which are being presented as FREE public access:

- Friday & Saturday (roughly 9-12 a + 1:30-4 p): Come see members of OABA, under David McCort, work on completing the Fergus Park Bench project.
- the Gallery is open daily from 1:30 - 4:30 p, including 'meet the artist' sessions
- our Auction takes place Saturday starting at 6:30 p, bid on original hand forged art pieces (plus smithing related items like tools and hands on courses)
- 'Hammer In' style demonstrations, Sunday 9 - 12 a, where members of OABA will present their skills using a range of forge equipments and working styles.
- Forging Competition, Sunday 1:30 - 4:30 p, always a lot of action and highjinks as teams of smiths (stuggle?) to make an object with limited materials and time.

For further information:

CanIRON 8 web site
Registration
Schedule

Latest Schedule! Revisions and Additions

The CanIRON team has decided to shift some of the programming FORWARD over to Thursday Afternoon (from the original Sunday afternoon slots).

The two featured demonstrators this effects are Paul Allen (Forging a Flower) and Mark Puigmarti (Sculpting Mass 1)

The current schedule also includes more panel sessions, workshops and lectures in our small conference room.

Go to the CanIRON 8 Schedule on the main web site to see!

(I was having big problems getting Blogger to post up an easy to read version of the current schedule. After an hour of screwing around, I just gave up!)

Revisions and Additions to SCHEDULE

Yikes! I realize that although a LOT has been happening on the CanIRON 8 front (check the web site), I have not been keeping a flow of information over here on the blog!

The thing that will be most interesting to you readers will be the refinement and additions to the conference time table. Our featured demonstrators have given us their intended presentation topics. These have been worked into the framework as best possible.

There have also been a number of short panel or workshop sessions added. Many of these are topics around the edges of blacksmithing (like using the internet to promote your work).

Its looking like a PACKED schedule! Don't fret if you see way too much stuff than you can possibly all attend. My personal philosophy is that a great conference should have more interesting sessions than a single person can fit into their weekend.

Schedule - Revised, Detailed, Additions!

Posted - 11/27/10 :

Additions of specific demonstrators and topics / Conference Room programing

Information in italics has not been confirmed

Information in (brackets) should be considered tentative

Feature Demonstration	Feature Lecture	Hands on Workshop	Public Outreach
Secondary Demonstration	Secondary Lecture / Panel		Other Activities

	Time	Area	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
			July 28	July 29	July 30	July 31	August 1
MORNING	9 - 12		Site Opens				Packing Down
		Gallery	Work Accepted	Members Only	Members Only	Members Only
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	Major Project	Major Project	OABA Members
		Demo A		Paul Allan Forging a Flower	Paul Allan Scrollwork for Acanthus Leaf	Jake Powning Bronze Casting
		Demo B		Jesus Hernandez Bloom to Bar	Kelly Smyth	Brian Russell Assembling Gate
		Hands On		Kelly Smyth	Brian Russell Gate Elements	Paul Allan Making Acanthus Leaf
		Conference A		Contributed Video	Contributed video	Contributed Video
	(9 - 10:30 )	Conference B		(members session)	(members session)	(members session)
	(10:30 12 )	Conference B		(members session)	(members session)	(members session)
LUNCH	(12 - 1:30 )		Registration Opens				Site Closes
	12:30 - 1:30	Gallery		Using the INTENET	Business of Blacksmithing	CanIRON 9
	12:45 - 1:30	Caffeteria		Sandra Dunn Design from History	Jesus Hernandez Japanese Bladesmithing	Mike McCarthy 19th C Blacksmiths
AFTERNOON	1:30 - 4:30						Cleanup
		Gallery	Work Accepted	Public Access 'Meet the Artist'	Public Access 'Meet the Artist'	Remove Work
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	Major Project	Major Project
		Demo A	(currently open)	Brian Russell Gate Elements	Sandra Dunn Joinery Elements	Sandra Dunn Assembling Object
		Demo B	(currently open)	Mark Puigmarti Sculpting Mass 1	Jake Powning Pattern Welding	Mark Puigmarti Sculpting Mass 2
		Hands On	(currently open)	currently open	Mike McCarthy Basic Toolmaking	Forging Competition (public)
		Conference A		Contributed Video	Contributed video	Contributed Video
	(1:30 - 3 )	Conference B	Panel: 'How to CanIRON'	Workshop: Working the Web	currently open	currently open
	(3 - 4:30 )	Conference B	(possibly open)	Panel: 'Women of Steel'	currently open	currently open
DINNER	( 5 - 6:30 )		Opening BBQ		Thank Yous	Official Closing
EVENING	7 - 8	Caffeteria	Meet Demonstrators	Brian Russell Portfolio	Auction (public) 6:30 - 9
	7 - 8	Gallery		(possibly open)
	8 - 9	Caffeteria	Paul Allan Portfolio	Jake Powning Design from Ancients	Auction (public) 6:30 - 9
	8 - 9	Gallery	Mark Puigmarti Portfolio	Kelly Smyth
	(6:30 - 9:30)	Demo A	(possibly open)	Jesus Hernandez Japanese Bladesmithing
	(6:30 - 9:30)	Demo B	(possibly open)	Mike McCarthy Pipe Tomahawk
	( 6 - 10)	Hands On	Open Forge	Open Forge	Open Forge

The Organizing Team is intending on setting up the CANIRON site to provide for the following (additions in bold) :

DEMONSTRATION AREAS - There will be two main areas equipped for your featured demonstrators. You can see that this means two choices for any given session - with sessions planned for both morning and afternoons on Friday / Saturday / Sunday.

HANDS ON AREA - There will be a third work area, equipped with between 6 - 8 forge work stations:
1) The featured demonstrators will conduct a specific hands on workshop session. Sessions Thursday afternoon, plus both morning & afternoon of Friday / Saturday, plus Sunday morning. Individuals wanting to participate will need to sign up in advance, and available slots will be limited. Of course others will be free to observe 'outside the ropes' those sessions.
3) In the evenings (Thurs/Fri/Sat) The SIX work stations will be available for pick up work, inspiration, or just plain messing around. There will be teaching supervision provided in the evenings from 7 - 9 pm only.

LUNCH TIME LECTURES - In the later half of the lunch period, speakers drawn from a wider pool will be presenting shorter sessions on an expanded set of topics inside the gallery space. We expect to be able to provide 35 - 50 spaces of seating there. This in addition to presentations in the main dinning hall by our featured demonstrators. So come feed your mind as well as your body. (Friday / Saturday / Sunday)

EVENING PRESENTATIONS - We have broken the evenings down for two individual sessions, to take place in the main dining hall and also in the smaller space inside the gallery. Each session is for an hour, and is certain to include formal presentations by your featured demonstrators.

CONFERENCE ROOM SESSIONS - There will be two smaller rooms, equipped with 'board room' style tables. One room will be set up to show video presentations of interest to all. The second room will schedule specialized discussions. Current plans are to create a series of these panel and group discussion sessions, running 90 minutes each, afternoons. Have a topic / group you'd like to gather, even if its just for a place to 'Chew the Fat'? The rooms will also be available on a 'sign up' basis, for members to book for morning sessions.

FORGING COMPETITION - Love it or hate it, forging competitions done on the spot between teams of participants are always a big part of any gathering of Blacksmiths! Our hope is to allow the general public to be able to observe the goings on 'from behind the ropes'. This event will take place in the Hands On area on Sunday afternoon.

AUCTION - In keeping with our mission to inform and involve the public in selected aspects of CANIRON, we are hoping to open up participation in the fund raising auction to those with fatter wallets! The Auction is scheduled for Saturday early evening.

GALLERY - The best way to inform the public to what we REALLY do is to allow them access to the Gallery. Bring your best and most inspiring work, make sure you include a stack of business cards. The layout of the site at the Fergus Sportsplex is ideal in terms of both layout and large size. Security and close supervision will be provided for all the work.

OPENING BBQ SOCIAL - All registared participants are invited to join in for an informal BBQ on a Bun dinner on Thursday - hosted by OABA. (Included with your paid registration.) Come meet the other conference members!

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS - A special area is being set aside, accessable to the general public, to illustrate just what Blacksmithing is all about:
Thursday - A demonstration of bloomery furnace iron smelting by members of the Dark Ages Re-creation Company.
Friday & Saturday - Work on creation of a larger artwork project, undertaken by OABA members under the direction of Dave McCord. Sunday - 'Hammer in' style work by members of OABA�

Revised TIMETABLE

This is the revised schedule for CANIRON 8:
For more details see the web site.

	Time	Area	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
			July 27	July 28	July 29	July 30	August 1
MORNING	9 - 12		Site Opens				Packing Down
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	Major Project	Major Project	OABA Members
		Demo A		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
		Demo B		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
		Hands On		Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop
LUNCH	(12 - 1:30 )		Registration Opens				Site Closes
	12:30 - 1:30	Gallery		Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation
	12:45 - 1:30	Caffeteria		Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation
AFTERNOON	1:30 - 4:30						(Cleanup)
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	Major Project	Major Project
		Demo A		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
		Demo B		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
		Hands On	Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop	Forging Competition (public)
DINNER	( 5 - 6:30 )		Opening BBQ		(Thank Yous)	Official Closing
EVENING	7 - 8	Caffeteria	Meet Demonstrators	Feature Presentation	Auction (public) 6:30 - 9
	8 - 9	Caffeteria	Feature Presentation	Feature Presentation	Auction (public) 6:30 - 9
	( 6 - 12)	Hands On	Open Forge	Open Forge	Open Forge

The Organizing Team is intending on setting up the CANIRON site to provide for the following:

DEMONSTRATION AREAS - There will be two
main areas equipped for your featured demonstrators. You can
see that this means two choices for any given session - with sessions
planned for both morning and afternoons on Friday / Saturday / Sunday.

HANDS ON AREA - There will be a third work area, equipped with between
6 - 8 forge work stations:
1) The featured demonstrators will conduct a specific hands on workshop
session. Sessions Thursday
afternoon, plus both morning & afternoon of Friday / Saturday,
plus Sunday morning. Individuals wanting to participate will need
to sign up in advance, and available slots will be limited. Of course
others will be free to observe those sessions.
2) In the evenings (Thurs/Fri/Sat)
The SIX work stations will be available for pick up work, inspiration,
or just plain messing around. There will be teaching supervision provided
in the evenings from 7 - 9 pm only.

LUNCH TIME LECTURES - In the later half of the lunch period, speakers
drawn from a wider pool will be presenting shorter sessions on an
expanded set of topics inside the gallery space. We expect to be able
to provide 35 - 50 spaces of seating there. This in addition to presentations
in the main dinning hall by our featured demonstrators. So come feed
your mind as well as your body. (Friday / Saturday / Sunday)

EVENING PRESENTATIONS - We have broken the evenings down for two individual
sessions, to take place in the main dining hall and also in the smaller
space inside the gallery. Each session is for an hour, and is certain
to include formal presentations by your featured demonstrators.

FORGING COMPETITION - Love it or hate it, forging competitions done
on the spot between teams of participants are always a big part of
any gathering of Blacksmiths! Our hope is to allow the general public
to be able to observe the goings on 'from behind the ropes'. This
event will take place in the Hands On area on Sunday afternoon.

AUCTION - In keeping with our mission to inform and involve the public
in selected aspects of CANIRON, we are hoping to open up participation
in the fund raising auction to those with fatter wallets! The Auction
is scheduled for Saturday early evening.

GALLERY - The best way to inform the public to what we REALLY do is
to allow them access to the Gallery. Bring your best and most inspiring
work, make sure you include a stack of business cards. The layout
of the site at the Fergus Sportsplex is ideal in terms of both layout
and large size. Security and close supervision will be provided for
all the work.

OPENING BBQ SOCIAL - All registared participants are
invited to join in for an informal BBQ on a Bun dinner on Thursday
- hosted by OABA. (Included with your paid registration.) Come meet
the other conference members!

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS - A special area is being set
aside, accessible to the general public, to illustrate just what Blacksmithing
is all about:
1) Thursday - A demonstration of bloomery furnace iron smelting by members of the Dark Ages Re-creation Company.
2) Friday & Saturday - Work on creation of a larger artwork project, undertaken by OABA members under the direction of Dave McCord.
3) Sunday - 'Hammer in' style work by members of OABA

Framework Timetable

This is the tentative schedule for CANIRON 8:

	Time / Area	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
		July 28	July 29	July 30	July 31	August 1
	9 - 12	Site Opens				Packing Down
	Demo A		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
	Demo B		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
	Hands On		Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop	(open?)
LUNCH	(12 - 1:30)	Registration Opens
	12:30 - 1:30		Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation	Mealtime Presentation	Site Closes
	1:30 - 4:30	Gallery (public & ongoing)				(Cleanup)
	Demo A		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
	Demo B		Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration	Feature Demonstration
	Hands On		Guided Workshop	Guided Workshop	Forging Competition (public)
DINER	(5 - 6:30)	Welcome BBQ			Auction (public)
	7 - 8
	Main Hall	Opening Ceremonies	Feature Presentation	Feature Presentation	Closing Ceremonies
	Gallery		Feature Presentation	Feature Presentation
	8 - 9
	Main Hall	Meet the Demonstrators (panel)	Feature Presentation	Feature Presentation	Closing Ceremonies
	Gallery		Feature Presentation	Feature Presentation	Gallery Closes
	(6 - 12)	Open Forge	Open Forge	Open Forge

(Sorry if this is a bit hard to read - Blogger does not import tables very easily!)

The Organizing Team is intending on setting up the CANIRON site to provide for the following:

DEMONSTRATION AREAS - There will be two main areas equipped for your featured demonstrators. You can see that this means two choices for any given session - with sessions planned for both morning and afternoons on Friday / Saturday / Sunday.

HANDS ON AREA - There will be a third work area, equipped with between 6 - 8 forge work stations.
1) In the mornings (Fri/Sat/Sun) these stations will be available for self directed work by any participants. Over the mornings, a volunteer with some teaching experience will be on hand to supervise and assist.
2) In the afternoons (Friday / Saturday only) one of the featured demonstrators will conduct a specific hands on workshop session. Individuals wanting to participate will need to sign up in advance, and available slots will be limited. Of course others will be free to observe those sessions.
3) In the evenings (Thurs/Fri/Sat) The work stations will be available for pick up work, inspiration, or just plain messing around. There will be no teaching supervision provided in the evenings.

LUNCH TIME LECTURES - In the later half of the lunch period, speakers drawn from a wider pool will be presenting shorter sessions on an expanded set of topics inside the gallery space. We expect to be able to provide 35 - 50 spaces of seating, so come feed your mind as well as your body. (Friday / Saturday / Sunday)

EVENING PRESENTATIONS - We have broken the evenings down for two individual sessions, to take place in the main dining hall and also in the smaller space inside the gallery. Each session is for an hour, and is certain to include formal presentations by your featured demonstrators.

FORGING COMPETITION - Love it or hate it, forging competitions done on the spot between teams of participants are always a big part of any gathering of Blacksmiths! Our hope is to allow the general public to be able to observe the goings on 'from behind the ropes'. This event will take place in the Hands On area on Sunday afternoon.

AUCTION - In keeping with our mission to inform and involve the public in selected aspects of CANIRON, we are hoping to open up participation in the fund raising auction to those with fatter wallets! The Auction is scheduled for Sunday late afternoon.

GALLERY - The best way to inform the public to what we REALLY do is to allow them access to the Gallery. Bring your best and most inspiring work, make sure you include a stack of business cards. The layout of the site at the Fergus Sportsplex is ideal in terms of both layout and large size. Security and close supervision will be provided for all the work.

Modified 11/24 :
Corrected calender dates (!)
Added second evening presentation space