5/10 Today I finished a knife that I have been working on over the past few days. While working on it, I knew that I wanted to give it, so[…]

5/1 Today is the start of May. We have gotten a lot of work done in this project so far, though we are coming to the end of Senior Project.[…]

How can we explore and express values of sustainability through the practice of a craft? As Ciro and I have begun to start work blacksmithing, I have begun to reflect[…]

How can we explore and express values of sustainability through the practice of a craft? This week we built the brick structure for the forge. Going into this project, I[…]

4/24 Today we finally finished the setup for the forge area. We have finished the bricks, the structure, the post for the leg vise, the forge, and the anvil stumps.[…]

How can we explore and express values of sustainability through the practice of a craft? So far in this project, we have spent significant amounts of time working but remain[…]

4/15 We have now put up the skeleton of the outdoor structure. It is a 7’ x 10’ sideless, slanted roof structure that is 8’ tall on one side and[…]

4/12 Since the last blog post, Ciro and I have gotten quite a bit done. At the end of the day on Friday, we cleaned the air blower we received[…]

4/10 So far, this project has been going steadily but behind schedule due to poor weather conditions. On the first day, Ciro and I attempted to make our own lumber[…]

FINAL PROPOSAL Name:  Arlo Metzger   Project Name: Blacksmithing   Essential Question This should be the current, clearest version of your essential question. How can we explore and express values[…]