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Shop Class; Wednesday, Third Period [01/02].
Was Amaya more than just a little pleased that her class got moved away from Monday mornings into a more reasonable time of the day and week for teenagers to be working with heavy-duty equipment and fiery stuff? You bet she was! Not that they’d be needing much of that today on the first class, but it would make her feel a little more comfortable when they really got to the heavy-duty stuff...especially now that she was learning a bit more of it herself.
...and don't worry. There was still caffeine available let like time, should anyone need it.
"'Hello, everyone!" she said, nodding when it was about that time and everyone seemed there, "Welcome to Shop Class! My name’s Amaya Blackstone, and in this class, we’ll be making things. I’m a blacksmith by trade, myself, so I’ll admit, we’ll be leaning a little heavily toward the metalworking stuff, but I’ll try in incorporate other materials as well and feel free to share any ideas you might have of things you’d like to learn, and we can work that in, too. Some of this stuff is going to involve some heavy-duty and dangerous machines, so one thing I want to make crystal clear is that safety is always going to come first. No one even goes near any of these machines or the majority of those tools unless you’ve got your proper safety equipment: gloves and eye gear at the very least, maybe a little more depending on what we’re working on.
"Since this is our first class of the week, I’m sorry to report that we’re not digging into anything too deep today. Gonna make you work up to the good stuff. Hopefully, you’re not too burnt out on introductions quite yet, as we’ll be doing a little bit of that. But we're gonna be doing 'em shop class style, with these," she gestured to the table beside here, where boxes of long metal sticks sat around a collection of hammers and a variety of small metal discs and squares. "Metal stamps! As I mentioned, I’m a blacksmith, and these are very common with any sort of metal work as a way to brand pieces so people know when they're getting a bonafide Blackstone piece. It's also popular with jewelry, it's used to mark metal tags, and all sorts of other stuff. Today, we're going to be using them to introduce ourselves.I did this last semester for introductions, and I think it worked out pretty well, so we’ll try it again. Something a little simple, but a little fun, especially since, in a place like this, we’re all going to be coming from a wide variety of knowledge and experience, and this here’s something everyone can get something out of.
"Pick out a base and take a second to think about what you might want to stamp onto your tag. It can be your name, a nickname, something important to you, whatever you think might be a good way to ease into an introduction, then pick out the stamps you'll need. Grab a stamping block," and Amaya did just that, holding it up to show the class before she demonstrated as she talked, "tape your piece down on your tag to help you keep it all aligned. Now, this next part's important: start in the middle and work outward, so you'll have to do a little planning, but that'll help it be nice and centered and even. Unless you want it otherwise, I suppose. Start with your middle letter, place the stamp straight and firm on the piece, and then give it three firm hits," smack, smack, smack!, "on the top. And there you go!" She held up the block and brought it close so they could see the firmly stamped A, then returned to the table. "Then just go from there," and she went through the other letters, place the stamp, grab the hammer, smack, smack, smack! Until she finished up, peeled off the tape, and then sent the small disc with "AMAYA" neatly printed on it around.
"And there you have it, that's my name, Amaya. I'd have probably preferred to put BLACK STONE on there, BLACK on top, STONE on the bottom, but I’m not making you wait around for all that! Let’s let you all get to work, though, if there’s any questions, go ahead and ask. And if it you finish your first piece well before the time, feel free to make one or two more of your choice. Just pick out a base or two, find the stamps you’d like to use, grab a hammer, and get to work. When you’re finished, show us what you’ve stamped and explain why you stamped what you did as a way of introducing yourself to the rest of the class.”
"Alright, then!" Amaya grinned, lifting up one hand and pounding her fist into it. "Let's get to it!"
...and don't worry. There was still caffeine available let like time, should anyone need it.
"'Hello, everyone!" she said, nodding when it was about that time and everyone seemed there, "Welcome to Shop Class! My name’s Amaya Blackstone, and in this class, we’ll be making things. I’m a blacksmith by trade, myself, so I’ll admit, we’ll be leaning a little heavily toward the metalworking stuff, but I’ll try in incorporate other materials as well and feel free to share any ideas you might have of things you’d like to learn, and we can work that in, too. Some of this stuff is going to involve some heavy-duty and dangerous machines, so one thing I want to make crystal clear is that safety is always going to come first. No one even goes near any of these machines or the majority of those tools unless you’ve got your proper safety equipment: gloves and eye gear at the very least, maybe a little more depending on what we’re working on.
"Since this is our first class of the week, I’m sorry to report that we’re not digging into anything too deep today. Gonna make you work up to the good stuff. Hopefully, you’re not too burnt out on introductions quite yet, as we’ll be doing a little bit of that. But we're gonna be doing 'em shop class style, with these," she gestured to the table beside here, where boxes of long metal sticks sat around a collection of hammers and a variety of small metal discs and squares. "Metal stamps! As I mentioned, I’m a blacksmith, and these are very common with any sort of metal work as a way to brand pieces so people know when they're getting a bonafide Blackstone piece. It's also popular with jewelry, it's used to mark metal tags, and all sorts of other stuff. Today, we're going to be using them to introduce ourselves.I did this last semester for introductions, and I think it worked out pretty well, so we’ll try it again. Something a little simple, but a little fun, especially since, in a place like this, we’re all going to be coming from a wide variety of knowledge and experience, and this here’s something everyone can get something out of.
"Pick out a base and take a second to think about what you might want to stamp onto your tag. It can be your name, a nickname, something important to you, whatever you think might be a good way to ease into an introduction, then pick out the stamps you'll need. Grab a stamping block," and Amaya did just that, holding it up to show the class before she demonstrated as she talked, "tape your piece down on your tag to help you keep it all aligned. Now, this next part's important: start in the middle and work outward, so you'll have to do a little planning, but that'll help it be nice and centered and even. Unless you want it otherwise, I suppose. Start with your middle letter, place the stamp straight and firm on the piece, and then give it three firm hits," smack, smack, smack!, "on the top. And there you go!" She held up the block and brought it close so they could see the firmly stamped A, then returned to the table. "Then just go from there," and she went through the other letters, place the stamp, grab the hammer, smack, smack, smack! Until she finished up, peeled off the tape, and then sent the small disc with "AMAYA" neatly printed on it around.
"And there you have it, that's my name, Amaya. I'd have probably preferred to put BLACK STONE on there, BLACK on top, STONE on the bottom, but I’m not making you wait around for all that! Let’s let you all get to work, though, if there’s any questions, go ahead and ask. And if it you finish your first piece well before the time, feel free to make one or two more of your choice. Just pick out a base or two, find the stamps you’d like to use, grab a hammer, and get to work. When you’re finished, show us what you’ve stamped and explain why you stamped what you did as a way of introducing yourself to the rest of the class.”
"Alright, then!" Amaya grinned, lifting up one hand and pounding her fist into it. "Let's get to it!"
Re: Class Activity: Stamping - Shop Class, 01/02.
One of those.
Her first tag wasn't centered at all, since it had her name crammed over to one side and then all the exclamation marks. All of them.
She was still pretty happy about it.
The second one she didn't really have time for was, actually, perfectly centered. And just a wheel. She had plans for it.