Peter demonstrates the fundamental techniques of working with iron and steel with a view to using these skills creatively in designs. Subjects include:

• tapering
• upsetting and spreading
• hot cutting
• punching
• twisting
• bending
• joining
• toolmaking
• finishing.

Peter Parkinson, a former designer and art college lecturer, is now a full-time artist blacksmith who has taught many short courses in Britain and America.