Anna graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Jewelry and has worked as a blacksmith at a variety of craft schools and architectural shops. She travels often, working as a journeyman smith and teaching blacksmithing workshops. Anna is currently the Blacksmithing Artist Fellow at Peters Valley. Her personal work focuses mainly on tool and utensil making, and combining functionality with a refined, delicate aesthetic.
Anna Koplik
Workshops
Toolmaking for Blacksmiths
This workshop will cover the basics of making your own tools of the trade and expanding your skills as a blacksmith. Focus will be put on making tools that are […]
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Beginning Blacksmithing
Come learn how to swing a hammer at the anvil and forge hot steel! Throughout the class you will learn many of the basic processes in blacksmithing, like tapering, twisting, […]
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Hammer Time
In this intensive 5-day workshop participants will be guided through making multiple sizes and styles of blacksmith forging hammers. We will cover forging different types of hammers, grinding and heat […]
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