Webseries " Sharing the Know-How "

Les Forges de Montréal presents their 7-episode web series: Sharing the Know-How. This project, which we have been working on for more than a year, will help you discover Quebec's arts and crafts and their connection to traditional blacksmithing, while also addressing issues such as the environment, the local economy and Quebec's heritage. Each episode is available with French and English subtitles.

List of episodes : 

1- Traditional blacksmithing (Mathieu Collette, traditional blacksmith)

 

2- Art Ironwork (Romain Francès, ironworker)

 

3- Stone cutting (Alexandre Maquet, stone cutter; Mathieu Collette, traditional blacksmith)

 

4- Ergonomics of the shop (Ivan Savchev, trainer and traditional blacksmith)

 

5- Urban agriculture (Laura Courbe, project manager; Ivan Savchev, trainer and traditional blacksmith)

 

6- The belt axe (Geneviève Treyvaud, archaeologist for the Grand Council of the Waban-Aki First Nation; Ivan Savchev, trainer and traditional blacksmith)

 

7- The blacksmith's hammer (Jérémy Corriveau, trainer and traditional blacksmith)

 

This project was funded under the Agreement on the cultural development of Montreal, concluded between the City of Montreal and the Government of Quebec, to whom we extend our warmest thanks. 

We would also like to thank Serge Bertrand for filming and editing the vignettes, Benjamin Cadieux for the sound recording, the 7 contributors to the vignettes, as well as Maya Labrie-Collette for directing the project and assisting with the production.