"Forged/Fire/Food - Cooking Tool Class" with Jorgen Harle [REGISTER HERE]
This class will use all the basic forging techniques, and a few advanced ones to explore the tradition of metal as a material to cook food over an open flame. Forks,Tongs,Spatulas, & Spoons will be demonstrated and all students can expect to leave this workshop with some very functional cook ware that will last for generations. Tradition and utility will drive the forms taught in this specialty tool class but personal expression and design will be enthusiastically pursued. Extensive R&D will be done at the end of each project (that's art speak for BBQ). Knives and cleavers will NOT BE ADDRESSED in this class.Jorgen Harle has been working Metal for thirty years,twenty of which, he has committed running an architectural blacksmith shop, Orcas Island Forge, off the coast of Washington State. While highly satisfying, architectural commissions have been a huge distraction from Jorgen's primary focus which is eating. Roasting whole animals and fire cooking has led him to a new career path at American Meat Smith, Jorgen's current focus combining his love of Fire, Forging, &Food
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