Webseries " Sharing the Know-How "

Les Forges de Montréal present their 7-episode webseries: Sharing the Know-How. This project, which we've been working on for over a year, will introduce you to Quebec arts and crafts and their links with traditional blacksmithing, while also tackling issues such as the environment, the local economy and Quebec heritage. Each episode is available with English and French subtitles.

List of episodes : 

1- La traditional blacksmithing (Mathieu Collette, traditional blacksmith)

 

2- Metalwork (Romain Francès, metalworker)

 

3- Stonemasonry (Alexandre Maquet, stonemason; Mathieu Collette, traditional blacksmith)

 

4- Ergonomics atshop (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 Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal between the Ville de Montréal 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 capsules, Benjamin Cadieux for sound recording, the 7 capsule contributors, and Maya Labrie-Collette for directing the project and assisting with production.