Hammered Copper Bowls with Stone Tools w/ Martha Buche | Driftless Folk School
Driftless Folk School Wisconsin 56, Viroqua, WI, United StatesUsing the warm, red metal my Bodewadmi (Potawatomi) relatives call “miskwabik” (copper) and basalt hammer stones from the shores of G’chi gamii (Lake Superior), we will hand-forge bowls on wooden stumps. In a process called “sinking”, or hammering on the inside, we will anneal the metal in a wood fire...