BARS EAST TOOWOOMBA

Once you have completed Blacksmithing Advanced, you are eligible to take part in our Project workshops. In this three day workshop you will complete two intricate projects - a Key Rack and a Wall Mounted Coat and Hat Rack. Participants will use traditional scroll work, twisting and other decorative techniques. Meet your tutor: Terry Drennan began training as a blacksmith and farrier in Melbourne when he was 21 years old. He has won the Australian champion in blacksmithing and farriery on many occasions. At the same time, Terry never lost the skills and enthusiasm for the other traditional facets of his trade such as making decorative gates and furniture. He has been teaching blacksmithing courses at Cobb+Co Museum for over 15 years. Spectators are welcome at all workshops. All of their Blacksmithing Workshops have a maximum of eight participants to ensure you receive all the assistance and direction you require. Age: 16 years and over. Prerequisite: Blacksmithing Advanced Workshop. Requirements: Please wear closed in boots (or steel capped), long trousers and long sleeves....

Join Churchill Fellow Bob Edwards, who has been a local saddler for over 50 years for this two day workshop in creating your own leather bridle. At the end of the weekend, you will have completed your own custom piece. Bookings essential: Cost includes tuition, materials and meals. Some workshops have prerequisites, check website for details....

Create a custom project in this three hour workshop designed for teens aged 13 to 17 years. Join Australian Champion Blacksmith Terry Drennan for a short lesson in the custom built blacksmithing shop. Learn techniques such as drawing, upsetting, squaring, rounding, forge welding and riveting, barley twisting. Designed for teens aged 13 to 17 years old, in this three hour workshop you can create a Pendant 9am or a Fire Poker 1pm. Terry Drennan began training as a blacksmith and farrier in Melbourne when he was 21 years old. He has won the Australian champion in blacksmithing and farriery on many occasions. At the same time, Terry never lost the skills and enthusiasm for the other traditional facets of his trade such as making decorative gates and furniture. He has been teaching blacksmithing courses at Cobb+Co Museum for over 15 years. Spectators are welcome at all workshops. Requirements: Please wear closed in shoes, long trousers and long sleeves....

Find inspiration, skill, craftsmanship, rare and forgotten trades, lost arts and traditions at the Lost Trades Fair. See over one hundred makers practising their crafts and trades; wheelwrights, coopers, silversmiths, woodworkers, musical instrument makers, leatherworkers, chairmakers, whip plaiters, ceramicists, weavers, tinsmiths and clockmakers. The trades and the incredible artisans, workers and makers who continue to pursue these trades as a career will showcase their skills, craftsmanship and share their knowledge. The Lost Trades Fair aims to inspire, to educate and to show why people should aim to have things made by a real person rather than a machine, to think about sustainability and the longevity of what they buy and use, to share skills and demonstrate what people can do with practice and knowledge. The fair attracts artisans from across Australia and overseas. Please visit the website for more information....

Join Australian Champion Blacksmith Terry Drennan for a lesson in the custom built blacksmithing shop. Learn techniques such as drawing, upsetting, squaring, rounding, forge welding and riveting, barley twisting. Once you have completed the blacksmithing advanced, you are eligible to participate in their project workshops. Join them for a weekend to extend your blacksmithing skills even further and create a knife or hatchet. Bookings are essential: Cost includes tuition, materials and meals....

After completing Blacksmithing Basics, further your blacksmithing skills and create your own fireside and barbecue tool set. On the day: Move to the next level and learn scroll work and make a decorative fire poke and rake. After completing this workshop, you are eligible to participate in the Blacksmithing Project Workshops. Meet your tutor: Terry Drennan began training as a blacksmith and farrier in Melbourne when he was 21 years old. He has won the Australian champion in blacksmithing and farriery on many occasions. At the same time, Terry never lost the skills and enthusiasm for the other traditional facets of his trade such as making decorative gates and furniture. He has been teaching blacksmithing courses at Cobb+Co Museum for over 15 years. Spectators are welcome. Age: 16 years and over. Requirements: Please wear closed in boots (or steel capped), long trousers and long sleeves. Prerequisite: Blacksmithing Beginners Workshop....

Design your own template, with the tutor's assistance, and learn leadlight construction techniques to create it. Your finished piece will be fitted with eyelets so it can be hung in a window space. All works will be cement sealed, lead blackened and polished. If time permits, leftover off-cuts will be copperfoiled and soldered to create a three sided candle-lamp. Your tutor is acclaimed glass artist Richard Apel. He has completed numerous public art commissions including a stained glass chapel window at Wesley Hospital in Brisbane. In 2008, Richard was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to learn centuries old German glass painting and firing techniques at the Schilling factory in Frankfurt. Requirements: Please wear closed in boots (or steel capped), long trousers and long sleeves....

The ultimate twilight shopping experience. Quality Artisan Market with Food, Wine and Music. Cobb+Co Museum is transformed into a twilight artisan market offering the best locally hand made products direct from the maker. There will be live music and the opportunity to browse with a glass of wine in hand and chat directly with the people who made the quality products. Hand Made Under the Stars is the ultimate twilight shopping experience with unique gifts from more than 60 selected local artisans....