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Ep #91 – Toby Druce “Mid-life Career Change to Blacksmithing Part 3”
Ep #91 – Toby Druce “Mid-life Career Change to Blacksmithing Part 3”
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17 minutes
Released:
Dec 12, 2016
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Today is episode # 91 and we’re catchin up with Toby Druce again for the third time in his 15 week artist blacksmith program at Fleming college. If you recall, Toby Druce made a mid-life career change to become a blacksmith. He is from the Toronto area in Ontario Canada and has been a social worker with the City of Toronto for the past 29 years. He decided to change career paths and learn to become a blacksmith by attending the Fleming College Blacksmith Program. What We Talked About We talk about his final project and how far along he is with it, the design changed from his earlier thoughts of incorporating a compass rose. Last time we spoke Toby successfully completed his first forge weld so I asked to see how this technique is going for him. There were 15 students in the class with an age range from 17 to 57 years old and one has left the program. Along with the final project, each student will also have to show 8 different completed projects. Toby tells us everything that he has made so far, a garden hat with a ribbon, 3 coat racks, a human sculpture, some chisels and a nouveau duck. Toby is still looking to apprentice with a local Toronto blacksmith business. Guest Links Fleming College Artist blacksmith program - http://flemingcollege.ca/programs/artist-blacksmith/courses A Big Thank You to today’s sponsor – Fleming College If you enjoyed this episode, I would love it if you would support the show by: telling your friends. sharing this episode using the social sharing buttons below. subscribing to the show and leaving a rating and review in iTunes. Not sure how? Just follow these simple steps here or watch the short video tutorial, http://youtu.be/rq4OCyRGjHc?list=UUH3MfNZLXlKgionAs6kMT_Q subscribing to the show in Stitcher, http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=54499&refid=stpr Thanks so much for your support!
Released:
Dec 12, 2016
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