{"id":747,"date":"2006-05-03T07:41:12","date_gmt":"2006-05-03T11:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/you_can_learn_b"},"modified":"2006-05-03T07:41:12","modified_gmt":"2006-05-03T11:41:12","slug":"you_can_learn_b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=747","title":{"rendered":"You can learn blacksmithing in Floyd, VA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=600,height=450,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/jvillecenter045.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/images\/jvillecenter045.jpg\" title=\"Jvillecenter045\" alt=\"Jvillecenter045\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWorking with fire to shape metal is an age-old skill that still attracts our interest, even in a world where much of what we use is made in other countries. The <a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonvillecenter.org\/welcome-1.htm\">Jacksonville Center for the Arts<\/a> offers a series of eight courses on blacksmithing for students with different levels of experience. <\/p>\n<p>The Center has a fully equipped blacksmith shop with six forges in a wooded setting where students can learn the techniques of making and keeping a forge fire, hammer skills, drawing out, upsetting, cutting, punching, riveting and forge welding steel.<\/p>\n<p>Students also work with tool steel to make and heat treat punches and chisels.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=600,height=550,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/blacksmithshop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"470\" height=\"430\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/ripples\/images\/blacksmithshop.jpg\" title=\"Blacksmithshop\" alt=\"Blacksmithshop\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI just discovered that there is a course being given this weekend, if enough students are registered. This <strong>Learn to be a Blacksmith<\/strong> course is taught by David Tucciarone. Call 540-745-2784 for information and directions.<\/p>\n<p>There are many other courses available at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts. I will&nbsp; be writing about them in future posts.<\/p>\n<p>If you sign up for a membership at the Jacksonville Center, you get a discount on your course registration fees. Call 540-745-2784 for a catalog or drop in for a visit. Look for the converted dairy barn on Rte 8 one half mile south of Floyd. <\/p>\n<p>Check out their website <a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonvillecenter.org\/welcome-1.htm\">jacksonvillecenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with fire to shape metal is an age-old skill that still attracts our interest, even in a world where much of what we use is made in other countries. The Jacksonville Center for the Arts offers a series of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=747\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1825],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-c3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}