CanIRON 8 - Consider a single day admission

- The CanIRON 8 organizing team did its best to offer a high quality conference, yet attempt to keep the registration cost as low as we could.

But we all realize that not everyone can manage to attend the full four days.

Remember that you can purchase a single day admission pass at the registration desk!
This is ideal for those who may not be able to get time off work, have family commitments on this holiday weekend, or are just tight on funds.

A one day pass costs $85 (+ HST)
OABA members get a $10 discount

Here's what is happening - day by day:
Click on this to get a full size copy you can print off

Its not too late to make plans for attending on FRIDAY - when programming runs from 9 am to 9:30 pm. This is by far our most information packed day of CanIRON 8

Hope to see you there!

Note to my regular readers:
I will be away at CanIRON 8 from Tuesday July 26 through Sunday July 31.
I make a frantic change over for Goderich Celtic, starting the Celtic College on Monday August 1.
I will be at the Earth Air Celtic Festival from Friday August 5 through Sunday August 7.
Expect dead air over these periods!

DARC at CanIRON 8 - Iron Smelting Demo

Join a team from DARC on Thursday July 28 for a public demonstration of bloomery furnace iron smelting!
This is a FREE attendance part of the larger CanIRON 8, the Canadian national blacksmith's conference.


The event takes place at the Wellington County Sportsplex, 550 Belsyde Ave, Fergus Ontario.
How to get there

Demonstration starts at roughly 9 AM, with the construction of an 'Econo Norse' style furnace. This furnace type is quick and easy to build out of commonly available materials.


Preheat is expected to start about 10 - 10:30, with full smelting sequence starting about 11 - 12 noon.
The smelt will proceed over the afternoon, with final extraction of the bloom planned for about 5 pm.

The DARC smelt team will consist of:
Neil Peterson - Smelt Master
Richard Schweitzer - Lead Hand
Dave Cox - Loader

Come Join Us!

(Note, I am team leader for the whole CanIRON 8 conference. At best I may poke my nose in now and then to check everything is running smoothly. Expect to see me for the extraction however!)

CanIRON 8 : Come see - What is FREE !

Halluciginia No. 3 - Crab (more)

- Just another image - close up - of the piece I just completed for 'Joined by Joints' at CanIRON 8.

The Gallery at CanIRON 8 is FREE ADMISSION to the general public:

Hours - 1:30 - 4:30 PM
Wellington County Community Sportsplex
Fergus Ontario

Maps and Directions

the Main CanIRON 8 web site

Come see what Artisan Blacksmiths REALLY create!

For a fuller description of this piece : Crab - designing to forged elements