The elementary students visited local artist and Battle Hill Forge founder Izzy Fitch in his studio to learn about metal working. They explored different tools and techniques to create wire sculptures during their visit.
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- Tools laid out, the group listens to instructions
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- Izzy shows some techniques
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- Explaining how to hold the tools, Izzy helps a student
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- Student watches the instructions
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- Izzy’s studio has a lot of metal working supplies
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- Izzy encourages students to plan out the shape they want to make
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- Wearing gloves keeps hands safe from the metal
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- Students show each other some of their techniques
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- Bending against the table can help
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- Making shapes
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- A heart!
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- Using a vice helps gain leverage to bend thicker metal
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- Starting with thin wire, students practice bending shapes
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