Sunday, June 21, 2009

First confirmed demonstrators for 2010 Conference

The 2010 ABANA Conference Committee is pleased to announce the first group of confirmed demonstrators. We are working behind the scenes to secure additional demonstrators to round out the conference.

JOE ANDERSON (of NC) will do one demo on forged kitchen ware and 2 sessions on sculpture

MARK ASPERY (of CA) will do tool-making demos.

GERALD BOGGS (of VA) will do a demonstration; subject TBD.

DAN BOONE (of VA) will do 2 demo sessions on dragon’s heads and his other products

DAN AND JUDY BOONE will do a round table talk and question session on how they market their wares (other panelists TBD).

PHIL COX (of MO) will do a session power hammers on getting the most out of them including both mechanical and air hammers, he will also cover tips on checking used hammers and rebuilding them

DAN NAUMAN (of WI) will demonstrate repoussé

DARRYL NELSON (of WA) will do a demonstration forging of animal heads.

STEVE PARKER (of IL) will demonstrate power hammer tools and forging; he and Phil Cox will do separate demos but they will compliment each other

TOM LATANE (of WI) will lead the “Meticulous Metalsmiths” forging a lock during the conference.

MARK ASPERY will run the “Green Coal” teaching station, with DARRYL NELSON and GERALD BOGGS helping him.

We are working on getting AMIT HAR-LEV and TSUR SADAN (of Israel) but this is not yet confirmed

See you in Memphis!

1 comments:

sculpto said...

Why are there no women demonstrating at the 2010 ABANA Conference? Judy Boone at a round table discussion doesn't really count. Shame on ABANA!