Eighth Gathering
Valley Falls, NY

01/18/04
Capital District Blacksmiths' Association Scrap Book
Daniel Crowther (left), and Aaron Silver (right), triple strike the texture in a rose ste, while Rhys (center) watches.
Rhys and his father, Richard Simpson, with the rose they completed together at the gathering.
Dale Wood with his completed rose.
Dale works on texturing a rose stem.
CDBA President and demonstrator gives form and texture to a rose petal blank.
Veteran rose maker, John Earl gives Hope Konecny some tips and tricks about stem texturing.
Sarah shows other uses for the rose blanks and the posibilities that exist for the same techniques to be transferred to other metals (in this case brass).
Dan demonstrates making the tenon at the end of the rose stem.
Caroline and Aaron Silver proudly display their finished rose.
Caroline adjusts the petals on her rose.
Caroline textures the rose petals
Dan textures the rose stem over the anvil horn.