COURSES & WORKSHOPS
BOATBUILDING
PHOTOGRAPHY
COURSES & WORKSHOPS
Digital Photography Family Boat Building Weekend LCMM Staff Spend a 3-day weekend with family members or friends building, finishing and launching a 12’ Bevin’s Rowing Skiff. This traditional designed boat kit from the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is nailed construction, not stitch and glue. Participants will need to provide some basic tools (a list will be provided). No special carpentry skills needed. Fri - Sun Aug 7 – 9 10:00 - 5:00 Cost $1350 No member discount on this course.
Jim Blair Learn from the best! Jim Blair, a professional photographer from National Geographic Magazine, will guide students through the basics of digital photography – lighting, composition and the basic functions of the camera. The unique ability of the digital camera allows the student to preview and even print a photo without the delay or cost of developing. This ability is a great instructional aid. Bring your digital camera and don’t miss this unique opportunity! Sign up now. 2-Day class. Size limited. Sat & Sun Aug 8 - 9 9:30 – 4:30 Cost $150
2009
Build Your Own Paddle
Lofting Workshop
KAYAKING Basic Kayaking Canoe Imports and Umiak Outfitters This morning course will cover entry level kayaking skills, launching, safety, basic strokes and maneuvering. You will also get tips on equipment selection. Kayaks, paddles and PFD’s will be provided or bring your own. Aug 8 10:00 - 12:00 Cost $50 (Combine with advanced course for $90)
Intermediate Kayaking
Canoe Imports and Umiak Outfitters Geoff Burke This afternoon class will concentrate on more Lofting, making a full-scale drawing in three advanced skills: high and low bracing strokes, views of a boat, should be the first step in buildreentry techniques of paddle float and T-rescue ing a boat. Learn the techniques of translating as well as rough water skills. Kayaks, paddles and a table of offsets into your boat’s lines, fairing PFD’s will be provided or bring your own. the battens, expanding the transom, picking the Aug 8 1:00 - 3:00 bevels and making molds. Make and correct your Cost $55 (Combine with basic course for $90) mistakes before you build. Need an idea? The museum has many boats in its collection. Tues - Thurs Aug 11 – 13 Cost $300 Call (802) 475-2022 to Reserve Your Space
Members Receive 10% Discount on Courses!
4472 Basin Harbor Road Vergennes, VT 05491 www.lcmm.org | (802) 475-2022
Geoff Burke There is nothing like paddling your kayak or canoe or rowing a boat with a paddle you made yourself. We will provide you with clear, straight grained “paddle or oar wood” and the tools needed to shape it into an elegant flat or spoon blade paddle with inlaid tips if desired. Single Blade Canoe Paddle Sat Aug 8 (1 day) 9 - 5 Cost $130 Double Blade Kayak Paddle Sat Aug 8 & Sun Aug 9 (2 days) 9 – 5 Cost $255 Set of Oars (no hardware) Fri Aug 7 - Sun Aug 9 (3 days) 9 -5 Cost $345
4472 Basin Harbor Rd Vergennes, VT 05491
www.lcmm.org | (802) 475-2022
BLACKSMITHING Basic Blacksmithing Workshops Peter Wells Open to students with no previous metalworking experience, these workshops cover basic iron working skills including coal forge management, tools and materials of the trade and basic forging techniques. Though the emphasis is on technique, students may expect to complete several projects during the workshop. The two day workshop covers basic skills; the three day workshops adds more detail and time for practice. Limited to 4 students for each class. 2 Day Sat & Sun July 11 - 12 9:30-4:30 3 Day Fri -Sun Aug 14 - 16 9:30-4:30 Cost 2-Day $215 3-Day $285
Introduction to Traditional Door Hardware Lucian Avery This 2 day workshop will focus on using traditional forging techniques to make early American styled door hardware. Students have a choice of several designs of thumb latches or strap hinges as their project. This workshop is for students with previous blacksmithing experience. Limited to 4 students. Saturday & Sunday July 18 – 19 9:30-4:30 Cost $215
Basic Blacksmithing for Teens Robert Wetzel This 2 day workshop is designed for youths ages 14 – 17. You will learn management of a traditional blacksmith forge and the techniques of shaping hot iron into useful or decorative items. Expect to complete several projects using basic forming techniques. No previous experience required. Limited to 4 students. Mon & Tues July 13 - 14 10:00-4:00 Cost $160
Blacksmithing Projects for Teens
Advanced Blacksmithing Projects
Paddle to Prehistory
Peter Wells This is a 2 day workshop for teens (14 – 17) with previous blacksmithing experience. It will include a review of basic techniques and advice on the design and forging of your own project. Bring your ideas! Limited to 4 students. Thurs & Fri Aug 6 - 7 10:00 – 4:00 Cost $160
Brian Anderson Brian Anderson offers an advanced projects workshop for students with previous blacksmithing experience. Enhance your design and forgery skills. Submit a design concept in advance and work with Brian on developing your idea from concept to finished work. Emphasis will be on traditional joinery and forging skills. Limited to 4 students. Sat & Sun Sept 12 - 13 9:30-4:30 Cost $215
Joanne DellaSalla, Matthew Witten Come paddle back in time and visit an ancient Native American village near the confluence of Dead Creek and Otter Creek – an area that was at one time one of the most prized and active Native American campsites and settlements in all of Vermont. We will canoe a short distance on Otter Creek (known to early European settlers as “The Indian Road”), explore the marshes of Dead Creek, and take out at a spot that shows ample evidence of Native American habitation. Archaeologist Joanne DellaSalla will show and explain chert and quartzite artifacts, and give a stone tool-making demonstration using techniques that date to thousands of years ago. Ecologist Matthew Witten will lead a seine-netting activity in which participants help to catch, handle, examine, and identify the numerous fish species that led Native Americans here. Same program offered twice: Sat June 13 10:00 – 3:30 (in conjunction with the Native American Encampment at LCMM and the Otter Creek Celebration) Sun Sept 13 10:00-3:30 (in conjunction with Vermont Archaeology Month) Cost $45/adults $15/age 15 and under
Forging Sculpture - An Imaginative Approach to Blacksmithing with Lynn Newcomb Exercise your artistic and forging skills in this 2 day workshop with blacksmith/sculptor Lynn Newcomb. Students will use blacksmithing techniques to create a forged steel wall relief. Day one will be spent in layout/design and forging a frame to incorporate the relief elements. Stock elements will be pre-cut but students will have wide choices on how to utilize these elements in their design as well as choices regarding joinery. Open to students with previous blacksmithing experience. Limited to 4 students. Sat & Sun Aug 8 - 9 9:30 – 4:30 Cost $215
A Day at the Forge Peter Wells Have you ever wondered what it is like to stand at a blacksmiths forge and hammer a piece of red hot steel into a useful or decorative shape? Here is your chance to find out! This workshop is introductory and does not cover all the details of our longer sessions. However, it will provide a day of history, demonstrations of tools and techniques, examples of antique blacksmiths work, and a fun opportunity for plenty of hands-on participation. With a little perseverance, you will go home with an iron artifact wrought by your own hand. Open to anyone, no metalworking experience required. Limited to 8 students. Saturday July 25 9:30-4:30 Saturday August 29 9:30- 4:30 Cost $85
Call (802) 475-2022 to Reserve Your Space Members Receive 10% Discount on Courses!
OTHER COURSES Lake Champlain Rowing Adventure Matt Witten, Kerry Batdorf Participants in this exciting and rewarding summer boating and camping experience (for youth ages 12-17) will embark on two of the Museum’s open pilot rowing gigs. Offered jointly by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, the program takes place in the Split Rock – Button Bay area of the lake, which is both strikingly beautiful and also rich in natural and cultural history. The Lake Champlain Rowing Adventure offers young people an opportunity to exercise their selfsufficiency while also collaborating in a group; it deepens their sense of place in this unique ecosystem. Rowing is challenging and rigorous work, and is interspersed with plenty of time to enjoy the water, form friendships, and explore the lake and its environs through activities such as seine-net fishing and identification, snorkeling, and hiking. Camping equipment, supplies and food provided. No rowing experience necessary. Register with the Sailing Center at (802) 864 2499 or online: www.communitysailingcenter.org July 6 - July 10 Cost $695
Rope Braiding and Design Robert Dollar This course will introduce you to the basic techniques of rope braiding. You will learn to braid an ocean plait designed mat using 1/2” or 3/8” manila rope. You will learn how to stitch and finish the mat. Other designs and techniques will be discussed. Your mat will be ideal for your front entrance or steps. July 11 10:00- 3:00 Cost $80 plus $50 for materials
Call (802) 475-2022 to Reserve Your Space Members Receive 10% Discount on Courses!
PHOTOGRAPHY
COURSES & WORKSHOPS
Digital Photography Family Boat Building Weekend LCMM Staff Spend a 3-day weekend with family members or friends building, finishing and launching a 12’ Bevin’s Rowing Skiff. This traditional designed boat kit from the Alexandria Seaport Foundation is nailed construction, not stitch and glue. Participants will need to provide some basic tools (a list will be provided). No special carpentry skills needed. Fri - Sun Aug 7 – 9 10:00 - 5:00 Cost $1350 No member discount on this course.
Jim Blair Learn from the best! Jim Blair, a professional photographer from National Geographic Magazine, will guide students through the basics of digital photography – lighting, composition and the basic functions of the camera. The unique ability of the digital camera allows the student to preview and even print a photo without the delay or cost of developing. This ability is a great instructional aid. Bring your digital camera and don’t miss this unique opportunity! Sign up now. 2-Day class. Size limited. Sat & Sun Aug 8 - 9 9:30 – 4:30 Cost $150
2009
Build Your Own Paddle
Lofting Workshop
KAYAKING Basic Kayaking Canoe Imports and Umiak Outfitters This morning course will cover entry level kayaking skills, launching, safety, basic strokes and maneuvering. You will also get tips on equipment selection. Kayaks, paddles and PFD’s will be provided or bring your own. Aug 8 10:00 - 12:00 Cost $50 (Combine with advanced course for $90)
Intermediate Kayaking
Canoe Imports and Umiak Outfitters Geoff Burke This afternoon class will concentrate on more Lofting, making a full-scale drawing in three advanced skills: high and low bracing strokes, views of a boat, should be the first step in buildreentry techniques of paddle float and T-rescue ing a boat. Learn the techniques of translating as well as rough water skills. Kayaks, paddles and a table of offsets into your boat’s lines, fairing PFD’s will be provided or bring your own. the battens, expanding the transom, picking the Aug 8 1:00 - 3:00 bevels and making molds. Make and correct your Cost $55 (Combine with basic course for $90) mistakes before you build. Need an idea? The museum has many boats in its collection. Tues - Thurs Aug 11 – 13 Cost $300 Call (802) 475-2022 to Reserve Your Space
Members Receive 10% Discount on Courses!
4472 Basin Harbor Road Vergennes, VT 05491 www.lcmm.org | (802) 475-2022
Geoff Burke There is nothing like paddling your kayak or canoe or rowing a boat with a paddle you made yourself. We will provide you with clear, straight grained “paddle or oar wood” and the tools needed to shape it into an elegant flat or spoon blade paddle with inlaid tips if desired. Single Blade Canoe Paddle Sat Aug 8 (1 day) 9 - 5 Cost $130 Double Blade Kayak Paddle Sat Aug 8 & Sun Aug 9 (2 days) 9 – 5 Cost $255 Set of Oars (no hardware) Fri Aug 7 - Sun Aug 9 (3 days) 9 -5 Cost $345
4472 Basin Harbor Rd Vergennes, VT 05491
www.lcmm.org | (802) 475-2022
BLACKSMITHING Basic Blacksmithing Workshops Peter Wells Open to students with no previous metalworking experience, these workshops cover basic iron working skills including coal forge management, tools and materials of the trade and basic forging techniques. Though the emphasis is on technique, students may expect to complete several projects during the workshop. The two day workshop covers basic skills; the three day workshops adds more detail and time for practice. Limited to 4 students for each class. 2 Day Sat & Sun July 11 - 12 9:30-4:30 3 Day Fri -Sun Aug 14 - 16 9:30-4:30 Cost 2-Day $215 3-Day $285
Introduction to Traditional Door Hardware Lucian Avery This 2 day workshop will focus on using traditional forging techniques to make early American styled door hardware. Students have a choice of several designs of thumb latches or strap hinges as their project. This workshop is for students with previous blacksmithing experience. Limited to 4 students. Saturday & Sunday July 18 – 19 9:30-4:30 Cost $215
Basic Blacksmithing for Teens Robert Wetzel This 2 day workshop is designed for youths ages 14 – 17. You will learn management of a traditional blacksmith forge and the techniques of shaping hot iron into useful or decorative items. Expect to complete several projects using basic forming techniques. No previous experience required. Limited to 4 students. Mon & Tues July 13 - 14 10:00-4:00 Cost $160
Blacksmithing Projects for Teens
Advanced Blacksmithing Projects
Paddle to Prehistory
Peter Wells This is a 2 day workshop for teens (14 – 17) with previous blacksmithing experience. It will include a review of basic techniques and advice on the design and forging of your own project. Bring your ideas! Limited to 4 students. Thurs & Fri Aug 6 - 7 10:00 – 4:00 Cost $160
Brian Anderson Brian Anderson offers an advanced projects workshop for students with previous blacksmithing experience. Enhance your design and forgery skills. Submit a design concept in advance and work with Brian on developing your idea from concept to finished work. Emphasis will be on traditional joinery and forging skills. Limited to 4 students. Sat & Sun Sept 12 - 13 9:30-4:30 Cost $215
Joanne DellaSalla, Matthew Witten Come paddle back in time and visit an ancient Native American village near the confluence of Dead Creek and Otter Creek – an area that was at one time one of the most prized and active Native American campsites and settlements in all of Vermont. We will canoe a short distance on Otter Creek (known to early European settlers as “The Indian Road”), explore the marshes of Dead Creek, and take out at a spot that shows ample evidence of Native American habitation. Archaeologist Joanne DellaSalla will show and explain chert and quartzite artifacts, and give a stone tool-making demonstration using techniques that date to thousands of years ago. Ecologist Matthew Witten will lead a seine-netting activity in which participants help to catch, handle, examine, and identify the numerous fish species that led Native Americans here. Same program offered twice: Sat June 13 10:00 – 3:30 (in conjunction with the Native American Encampment at LCMM and the Otter Creek Celebration) Sun Sept 13 10:00-3:30 (in conjunction with Vermont Archaeology Month) Cost $45/adults $15/age 15 and under
Forging Sculpture - An Imaginative Approach to Blacksmithing with Lynn Newcomb Exercise your artistic and forging skills in this 2 day workshop with blacksmith/sculptor Lynn Newcomb. Students will use blacksmithing techniques to create a forged steel wall relief. Day one will be spent in layout/design and forging a frame to incorporate the relief elements. Stock elements will be pre-cut but students will have wide choices on how to utilize these elements in their design as well as choices regarding joinery. Open to students with previous blacksmithing experience. Limited to 4 students. Sat & Sun Aug 8 - 9 9:30 – 4:30 Cost $215
A Day at the Forge Peter Wells Have you ever wondered what it is like to stand at a blacksmiths forge and hammer a piece of red hot steel into a useful or decorative shape? Here is your chance to find out! This workshop is introductory and does not cover all the details of our longer sessions. However, it will provide a day of history, demonstrations of tools and techniques, examples of antique blacksmiths work, and a fun opportunity for plenty of hands-on participation. With a little perseverance, you will go home with an iron artifact wrought by your own hand. Open to anyone, no metalworking experience required. Limited to 8 students. Saturday July 25 9:30-4:30 Saturday August 29 9:30- 4:30 Cost $85
Call (802) 475-2022 to Reserve Your Space Members Receive 10% Discount on Courses!
OTHER COURSES Lake Champlain Rowing Adventure Matt Witten, Kerry Batdorf Participants in this exciting and rewarding summer boating and camping experience (for youth ages 12-17) will embark on two of the Museum’s open pilot rowing gigs. Offered jointly by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center, the program takes place in the Split Rock – Button Bay area of the lake, which is both strikingly beautiful and also rich in natural and cultural history. The Lake Champlain Rowing Adventure offers young people an opportunity to exercise their selfsufficiency while also collaborating in a group; it deepens their sense of place in this unique ecosystem. Rowing is challenging and rigorous work, and is interspersed with plenty of time to enjoy the water, form friendships, and explore the lake and its environs through activities such as seine-net fishing and identification, snorkeling, and hiking. Camping equipment, supplies and food provided. No rowing experience necessary. Register with the Sailing Center at (802) 864 2499 or online: www.communitysailingcenter.org July 6 - July 10 Cost $695
Rope Braiding and Design Robert Dollar This course will introduce you to the basic techniques of rope braiding. You will learn to braid an ocean plait designed mat using 1/2” or 3/8” manila rope. You will learn how to stitch and finish the mat. Other designs and techniques will be discussed. Your mat will be ideal for your front entrance or steps. July 11 10:00- 3:00 Cost $80 plus $50 for materials
Call (802) 475-2022 to Reserve Your Space Members Receive 10% Discount on Courses!
