Elizabeth Brim Master Blacksmith Demonstration

ELIZABETH BRIM 2021 Fire on the Mountain Virtual Blacksmith Festival, Spruce Pine, NC www.discoversprucepinenc.com www.elizabethbrim.com Elizabeth Brim is a blacksmith as well as a teacher, living in western North Carolina. She is best known for feminine imagery in her ironwork. A native of Columbus, Georgia, she graduated with an MFA in printmaking before studying and working with a variety of materials at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. Quite unexpectedly, she fell in love with iron. With a unique juxtaposition of the feminine and the ferrous, Brim transforms the frilly dresses, fairy tales, and gender expectations of her childhood into remarkable works of social commentary. (elizabethbrim.com) Elizabeth will give two demonstrations: basic forge welding techniques that she uses to make her work, including forging a flower; and preparing and inflating iron pillows and forms. Song licensing-ASLC-109ED093-06A14073A5