2008 Augusta Instructor Bio


Weeks 3 and 4
Craft and Folklore
Blacksmithing

Jerry Allen


Jerry Allen, a full-time production blacksmith with over 20 years of experience, has taught blacksmithing at Augusta since 1996. Jerry runs Wizard’s Forge, a full-time blacksmith shop in Lost Creek, West Virginia, which sells nationally, ranges from home furnishings and extravagant chandeliers to whimsical hand-forged wizard sculptures. Jerry will lead students of various levels through projects geared to their experience levels.