Beth Holmberg
Beth Holmberg (she/her) has taught blacksmithing for over twenty years, and has helped thousands of people on three continents learn to make useful and decorative objects efficiently with hammer and anvil. In her courses, Beth likes to teach solid fundamentals and good body mechanics though interesting and useful projects. Often these projects are based on research into the historical craft of blacksmithing and the objects people used in their daily lives in various times and cultures. The goal is to provide students the ability to do as much as possible with simple tools.
Beth is a certified journeyman and instructor for both the Artist Blacksmith Association of North America and the California Blacksmiths Association, and a Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths instructor and mentor. She has taught for John C. Campbell Folk School, Sanborn Mills Farm, California Blacksmith Association, Prospect Hill Forge, Historic Eastfield Village, and Maine Craft Association at Haystack, among others. She is a frequent demonstrator at historic museums in the US and abroad; perhaps her coolest gig was forging tools, nails, and other hardware for a Viking ship reconstruction in Denmark. Before she became a blacksmith, she was a high school science teacher, extraterrestrial petrologist, and trained park interpreter.