• 2019 Pre-Conference Class-Day 2 of 2 Days is FULL!

    Pierce Country Fairgrounds Ellsworth, WI, United States

    Instructor: Valerie Ostenak, www.valerieostenak.com  Simple Curling Ribbon Class size: minimum 8, maximum 15. During this two-day class, guest instructor Valerie Ostenak will share the finesse of using hammer and anvil to cold-forge a sculptural neckpiece, bracelet, and earrings from non-ferrous metal. Copper wire of different gauges will be provided. Students may opt to bring silver.…

    $120
  • October Membership Meeting 2023

    Hennepin Technical College-Brooklyn Park Campus 9000 Brooklyn Boulevard, Brooklyn Park, MN, United States

    Our October meeting on Wednesday, October 11, will be at the Brooklyn Park Campus of the Hennepin Technical College (9000 Brooklyn Boulevard Brooklyn Park, MN 55445) at 6:30 pm for potluck, 7:00 pm for meeting, and then touring the Welding and Machine Tool Departments. Instruction on parking (see map): please park in the "Student Lot…

  • February 17 Membership Meeting 2024

    Northfield Foundary & Machine Company 320 Water St N, Northfield, MN, United States

    Guild meeting Saturday, February 17 at 9:00 a.m. is ‘BYOC’ (Bring Your Own Coffee) Northfield Foundry & Mach Company 320 Water St N, Northfield, MN 55057 We will be hosted by Northfield Foundry. Herb Fick visited it prior to our meeting, and this is most of his report: “The Foundry dates to 1920 when Mike…

  • TGoM Membership Meeting October 2024

    Christ the King Lutheran Church 8600 Freemont Ave S., Bloomington, MN, United States

    October 9 Membership Meeting Explores AI Advances in Materials Discovery Ellad Tadmor is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at U of M, and he will lead our program on Wednesday, October 9, at Christ the King Lutheran church (8600 Freemont Ave S in Bloomington. Map unavailable. Check Google). He will talk about how…

  • 2025 Pre-Conference Class

    Pierce Country Fairgrounds Ellsworth, WI, United States

    Swiveling Jaw Tongs Class Instructor: Tom Latane' Brief Description: Students will forge the jaws, reins, and pivot of a pair of tongs with one hinged jaw that will adjust to hold material over a range of 3/8”, and adjust to the taper angle of items such as an axe blade being held while the eye…

    $230
  • October 2025 Membership Meeting

    Our October Guild of Metalsmith’s meeting is on October 8, 2025 On Wednesday, October 8 our next meeting will be at Primitive Precision Metalcraft at 4430 North Lyndale Ave in Minneapolis. It’s located in an old factory building. Most of their production is on metal fabricating, and they have three enormous and thick (to me)…