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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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