Darrell Markewitz¬Ý
CURRICULUM VITAE : Arts (Iron) /¬Ý Summer 2015
Arts Education :
Ontario College of Art, Toronto: 1975 - 79
General Studies program, with emphasis in technical media.
Arts Experience:
’Ä¢ Body of related work extends back to the late 1970's
’Ä¢ A professional artisan blacksmith since the mid 1980's
’Ä¢ Established The Wareham Forge as a full time operation in 1992
’Ä¢ Member of : An Droichead - the Bridge, Ontario Artist Blacksmith Association
’Ä¢ Awarded a Canada Arts Council Grant in 2014 supporting the 'Turf to Tools' project
’Ä¢ Awarded an Ontario Arts¬Ý Council Grant in 2012 supporting the 'Bloom to Bar' project
Exhibit Curator / Event Organizer¬Ý
’Ä¢ 'CanIRON 8', Fergus ON, July 28 - 31 2011¬Ý
’Ä¢ 'Grave Goods'¬ù, Woodstock Museum, Woodstock ON, September - October 2008¬Ý
’Ä¢ "Out of the Fiery Furnace"¬ù, Woodstock Museum, Woodstock ON, September - October 2005¬Ý
’Ä¢ "Reflections of the Conquest"¬ù, Woodstock Museum, Woodstock ON, February - March 2002
Participating Art Exhibits
’Ä¢ Contributing artist in all four exhibits listed above
’Ä¢ Elora Sculpture Project, Elora ON, May - October 2013 / 2014 / 2015
’Ä¢ 'Backroads Craft', Tom Thompson Gallery, Owen Sound ON, Fall 2014
’Ä¢ 'Styll Squared', Styll Gallery, Elora ON, September - October 2010, 2011, 2013
’Ä¢ Artists Gallery at Quad State Roundup, Troy Ohio, September 1995 - 2013
’Ä¢ Artists Gallery at Summerfolk, Owen Sound ON, August 1995 - 2013
’Ä¢ 'Vessels', BMA Gallery, Collingwood ON, Fall 2009
’Ä¢ An Droichead Group Show : AS220, Providence RI, Spring 2009
’Ä¢ 'Tradition and Innovation'¬ù : The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay ON, February 2003
’Ä¢ 'Contemporary Celtic - Art At Comhaltas'¬ù : The North American Conference of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Comhaltas, Toronto ON, April 2001
’Ä¢ 'A Celtic Renaissance - Contemporary Art in Ontario and Brittany'¬ù : Guelph ON, January - May, 1999
Recurring Shows¬Ý
’Ä¢ 'Earth, Air Celtic Festival' : Goderich ON, August - since 1993¬Ý
’Ä¢ 'Summerfolk' : Owen Sound ON, August - since 1995
’Ä¢ International Congress on Medieval Studies : Kalamazoo MI, May 2014, 2015
Teaching & Demonstrations
’Ä¢ The Wareham Forge : Wareham ON, regular weekend workshops offered since 1992
’Ä¢ International Congress on Medieval Studies : Kalamazoo MI, May 2013, 2015
’Ä¢ 'Turf to Tools' (Project Lead) : Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden Scotland, August 2014
’Ä¢ 'Archaeology of Iron Smelting' : Washington College, Chestertown MD, October 2013
’Ä¢ CanIRON 9 : Trois Rivieres PQ, July 2013
’Ä¢ 'Wharf at York' : Toronto ON, June 2012, 2013
’Ä¢ Reconstructive and Experimental Archaeology Conference : Gastonia NC, October 2102, 2013, 2104
’Ä¢ 'The Celtic College' : Goderich ON, August - 1995 - 2012
’Ä¢ 'Archaeology of Iron Smelting' : Brown University, Providence RI, April 2011
’Ä¢'Quad State Roundup' (Southern Ohio Forge & Anvil) : Troy OH, September, 2008
’Ä¢ 'Iron Smelting in Thy' : Heltborg Museum, Denmark, April - May, 2008
’Ä¢ 'Early Iron' Symposium : Peters Valley NJ, October 2006 / Cooperstown NY, October 2004 & 2005
’Ä¢ 'Smeltfest' (Germinal Ironworks) : Lexington VA, February / March 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
’Ä¢ 'Folly in the Forge' (Michigan Artist Blacksmiths) : Traverse City MI, February 2006
’Ä¢ CanIRON 4 : Annapolis Royal NS, August 2005
’Ä¢ Ontario Artisan Blacksmiths : (various ON locations), June 2005, April 2012, February 2014¬Ý
’Ä¢ 'Iron Processing at L'Anse aux Meadows' (Parks Canada) : L'Anse aux Meadows NF, June 2001
Publications:
’Ä¢ Featured artist : Backroads Craft by Comber & Civiero (2014)
’Ä¢ Featured artist : Ironwork Today by Snynder, vol. 2 (2008) / vol. 3 (2011) / 4 (pending)
’Ä¢ Five DVD / CD ROM :¬Ý Introduction to Blacksmithing (1994), Historic Bladesmithing (1996), Forging the Viking Age (1997), Experimental Iron Smelting from the Viking Age (2004), Exploring the Viking Age in Denmark (2008)
’Ä¢ Manage a number of internet sites including : "The Wareham Forge" (web site, since 1998),¬Ý "Experimental Iron Smelting" (web site, since 2006), "Hammered out Bits" (blog, since 2006), Early Iron Experimental Group (web site & forum, since 2005), Ontario Artist Blacksmith Association (web site, 2004 - 2012 only)
’Ä¢ Seven formal academic papers, with three (formally) published and one pending, including :¬Ý
’Ä¢ " " I'll Huff and I'll Puff" - Observations on Air Delivery in Bloomery Iron Furnaces"
Presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2012
¬Ý’Ä¢ " ’ÄúBut if you don't get any IRON...’Äù - Towards an effective method for small iron smelting furnaces.",¬Ý 'EuroREA', Fall 2011 (Journal)
’Ä¢ "An Iron Smelt in Vinland - an experimental investigation"
Published in "Can These Bones Come to Life?", Cramer (editor) 2014¬Ý
’Ä¢ "Iron Smelting in Vinland¬Ý - Converting Archaeological Evidence to Practical Method"
Presented at 'Forward Into the Past', Wilfred Laurier University, April, 2010 (Published on line June 2010)
’Ä¢ "Concerning the Shape of Blooms" (Published on line, February 2010)
’Ä¢ "Working towards an Icelandic Viking Age Smelt, Based on the remains at Hals"
Prepared with the assistance of Kevin Smith & Neil Peterson (Published on line, October 2008).
’Ä¢¬Ý "Adventures in Early Iron Production : An overview of experimental iron smelts, 2001 - 2005", Delivered at 'Friends of the Medieval Studies Society of the Royal Ontario Museum, 1st Annual Symposium' Toronto, March 2006 (Publication pending?)
For further Reference:
Main Wareham Forge website :¬Ý www.warehamforge.ca
Experimental Iron Smelting :¬Ý www.warehamforge.ca/ironsmelting
Hammered Out Bits (blog) :¬Ý warehamforgeblog.blogspot.ca