Friday in Focus: Spring Colors

1st Demo of the 2015 Season - the 15th Annual Fairfax Civil War Day is Tomorrow!

We'll be at Historic Blenheim tomorrow from 10-5 for the 15th Annual Fairfax Civil War Day.  We had a great time last year and are excited to return.   We'd love to see you, so please stop by!

Happy Earth Day

All photos taken today at Huntley Meadows Park:

Friday in Focus: Shades of Spring

Labyrinth Workshop

Recently, I had the great pleasure of creating my own labyrinth with Kathryn Coneway of Art at the Center. What fun!  She's has another labyrinth-making workshop coming up, and you won't want to miss it...

First, I formed it out of red clay:

Then, glazed it a couple of weeks later: 

Thanks, Kathryn!

Remnants from Cutting Metal...Getting Ready for Demos

Getting ready for demo season means cutting long pieces of metal down into the smaller sizes for various projects. Jeff hired our son to cut the metal, hence all the hash marks near some of his tools!

Friday in Focus: Star Magnolia

Photographed at River Farm, the American Horticultural Society

A Rewarding Morning at Mt Vernon's Archaeology Lab

After a morning of washing prehistoric artifacts, we had a nice collection of preforms and points! (In addition, rocks are to the side...and flakes are to the front).

Switching Gears....More Blacksmithing!

It's that time of year again, when blacksmithing starts to dominate Black Forest ArtWorks.  Jeff was back in colonial garb the other day, headed off to an event!

Happy Easter

Friday in Focus: Daffodil

Announcing Our 2015 Blacksmithing Demo Schedule!

It's going to be a fun season! 

April 25 - Fairfax Civil War Day at Historic Blenheim

10am - 5pm

http://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/historic-resources/fairfax-civil-war-day

May 2 - Bostwick House Festival

Time TBD

http://bostwickhouse.weebly.com/bostwick-festival.html

May 16-17 - Claude Moore Colonial Market Fair

11am - 430pm

http://new.1771.org/marketfair/ 

May 23 - Chestertown Tea Party

http://www.chestertownteaparty.org/

June 13 - Darnall's Chance Colonial Market Fair

http://www.pgelegantsettings.com/Our_Sites/Darnall_s_Chance_House_Museum.htm

June 14 - Banneker Colonial Market Fair

https://benjaminbanneker.wordpress.com/colonial-market-fair/

June 21 - Private Demo at Mount Vernon Park Pool 

Afternoon

June 27 - Tombstone 1881 Demo at Old Bedford Village

9am - 5pm

http://www.oldbedfordvillage.com/index.php

July 17-18 Claude Moore Colonial Market Fair

http://new.1771.org/marketfair/ 

August 22-23 - Manassas Civil War Demo at Liberia Plantation 

9am - 5pm

http://www.manassascity.org/index.aspx?NID=221

September 5-6 - Grand Tactique event at Old Bedford Village (tentative)

9am - 5pm

http://www.oldbedfordvillage.com/index.php

September 26 - Jefferson Patterson Park 1812 Fair and Reenactment

http://www.jefpat.org/COE/EventsPopupWindows/1812FairAndReenactment.htm

October 3-4 Brunswick Railroad Days

https://www.brunswickmd.gov/events/

October 10 - Nanticoke River Jamboree at Handsell 

http://nanticokeriverjamboree.com/

October 17 - Heritage Festival at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, VA

http://www.nps.gov/prwi/index.htm

October 18 - Claude Moore Colonial Market Fair

http://new.1771.org/marketfair/ 

October, date tbd - Metalurgy Day at St. Albans, Washington, DC

http://www.stalbansschool.org/