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June 27-July 1; July 4-8, 2018
Log Sheet #6
SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE 
FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET
LOGGER NAME: Rachel Birtha Eitches
RECORDER 1 NAME: Ateneu 1   
FILE NAME: 0473.wav
RECORDER 2 NAME:          
FILE NAME: 0062.wav
PRESENTER: Emily Socolov    
DATE/TIME: 4 AM/30JUNE18
PROGRAM:                    
STAGE: Ateneu
GROUP NAME: 
SESSION TITLE: Blacksmith Traditions - Armenia, Catalonia


[[2 columned table]]
| PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| ENVIE PLY Montferrer | Catalan blacksmith |
| RANDY McDaniel | West Virginia blacksmith |
3 | Hovhaness Mnoyan | Armenian blacksmith |
| Lusina Kassarjian | Armenian interpreter |

Mont - 30 years as a blacksmith
Randy: Farm museum, 2 hrs every saturday. $2, at age 24
Hovhaness - at 8 yrs entered Dast's study + has loved blacksmithing ever since his uncle, father & grandfather all were involved and he followed it in detail
Randy: No other blacksmiths in family but father was only interesting in visiting shops
Enri: I was the only blacksmith. Picked it up in art school. His kids are still young
Q. Emily: Is this artistic expression or making functional products
Enri: I do both. Some products are strictly decorative
Randy: I do not believe in non-functional art. I do decorative functional
Hov: I'm not int in doing more creative work but for financial reasons he he relies on functional items now. He'd like to get to point of making more art. 
Q. How does blacksmithing impact family?
Hv: Brothers work together 9:00AM till 8 pm in front of fire. With heavy tools.
Q. What do you like to go home to find Mom has made: #1 is coffee says Hov + stuffed grape leaves!
Q. Randy: Would like a nice woman at home but he's single. He wakes up in night with design ideas. 60 ton tool was designed by him to make hot bronze belt buckles.
At days end, he crashes. But awakes early with new ideas
Enri: Work starts at 8Am with 6 people. Restoration of Gaudi's sagrada Familia. The 1st modernist - a Flev [[?]] Kadinsky they say. He is honored to have this job,
Emily says the Catalan blacksmith has a booth withthe wicker artist.
Sh says they are doing a wicker + iron join

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