Pete Mattila, 2023 Cambria Iron Conference Featured Demonstrator
Photo by Scott Gelston Interview by Yamila Audisio Pete Mattila, an industrial blacksmith living and working in Tasmania, has a diverse background in metalworking, starting…
Exploring the 2023 Cambria Iron Conference with Patrick Quinn
Exploring the 2023 Cambria Iron Conference with Patrick Quinn by Yamila Audisio The third edition of the Cambria Iron Conference will take place on September…
2023 OPPORTUNITIES
Week-Long Scholarships One-week full tuition scholarships are open for applications for our 2023 workshops. Scholarships are available for six workshops with a wide range in…
Cambria Iron Conference – September 17, 2022
Inspired by the Past – Forging to the Future September 17th, 2022 | Center for Metal Arts, Johnstown PA In February of 2017 we stepped…
2021 Scholarship Opportunities
At Center for Metal Arts, we work hard to make our workshops available to the widest possible audience. Part of how we do this is offering…
Cambria Iron Conference
September 11th, 2021 At Center for Metal Arts, Johnstown PA Inspired by the Past – Forging to the Future I’m very excited to announce we…
Composition & Connection: A Modern Metalsmith’s Journal on Forging, Education, & Sculpture
Last week we taught a 1-week private workshop with Chad Kucherawy. Chad has been a student at CMA serval times before and this was his 3rd private…
Composition & Connection: Weeks 5 & 6
I had given a lot of thought to how I wanted to handle the last two weeks of the Forging Focus asking myself, “How can…
Composition & Connection: Weeks 3 & 4
During weeks three and four, our focus was on two things, power hammer forging and tool making. After just finishing the “design your own coat…
Composition & Connection: Weeks 1 & 2
As the second week of the forging focus draws to a close, I look back at the exercises and experiences and feel great about the…