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The Heritage School at Trinidad State

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SOUTHERN COLORADO FEATURES A RICH HERITAGE, WITH PIONEER SPIRIT AND INGENUITY!

At The Heritage School at Trinidad State we promote and preserve traditional knowledge, skills, technologies, crafts and art forms of the past and apply them to modern life. If you’ve ever wondered how cheese is made, marveled at the skill of a blacksmith or felt the creative urge to work with leather, raise bees or make soap, we’ll have something for you. Join us as we bridge the gap between functional crafts and creative arts, hands-on learning and fun. We’ll invite neighbors to pass along skills that might otherwise be lost, as well as experts and instructors from afar to share their knowledge.

BASIC BLADESMITHING
Heritage imageThis class will cover the forging and grinding of both full and hidden tang blades to shape. We will cover steel selection, tool considerations, different forging approaches, several heat treating techniques, and basic finishing techniques.
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DAMASCUS BILLET MAKING
Billet Making imageThis class is a hands on class for the students. This class will be focused on the making of Damascus (pattern welded) steel for use in gun hardware and knife blades. Each student should finish the class with at least one billet of Damascus steel to take home.
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HATMAKING
Hatmaking imageStudents will learn to use the equipment and techniques to make a hat with products that most people have or can readily get from home. Students will learn how to shape the hat by hand, ironing of the brim, sizing and hand cutting of the brim, hand pouncing and hand finishing the crown. If time allows, the class may touch on hat binding and trim by hand. Students will leave class with a completed hat and the skills needed to practice what they learned at home and make additional hats with supplies they have on hand. Tom will provide a hat box with all the tools and materials needed for each student.
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This course will give you a basic knowledge and broad overview of fly fishing.  Topics will include the history of fly fishing and the pros and cons of fly fishing, gear and supplies, flies, casting and presenting, needs of fish, and trout food and enromology.

This course will give you an introduction to tying flies for fishing.  You will learn materials, techniques, material to hook sizing, insect and food preparation, how to use glues and resins, thread starting, srapping, and tying off. 

STAINED GLASS

Stained Glass imageLearn the Tiffany method of stained glass and complete a piece ready to hang within the week. Quick learners may complete more than one piece!
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WEAVING
Weaving imageThis course is an introduction to weaving. You will become familiar with the workings of a loom. A touch of social and historic context will precede a hands-on opportunity to design a small project, warp it, dress the loom with it, and begin weaving. Each student should be able to complete the project during the course and leave with a project or two (a belt) and the confidence and knowledge to move on to larger projects. 
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