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Les Forges de Montréal presents their mini-series of 7 educational capsules with the aim of introducing you to Quebec arts and crafts and their connection with traditional forging. This video is subtitled in English. In order, you will see all 7 episodes: 1- Traditional forging (Mathieu Collette, traditional blacksmith) 2- Artistic ironwork (Romain Francès, artistic ironworker) 3- Stone cutting (Alexandre Maquet, stone cutter; Mathieu Collette, traditional blacksmith) 4- Ergonomics of the forge workshop (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) Project funded under the Montreal Cultural Development Agreement, concluded between the city of Montreal and the government of Quebec. We would like to thank Serge Bertrand for filming and editing the capsules, Benjamin Cadieux for the sound recording, the capsule speakers, as well as Maya Labrie-Collette for directing the project and assisting with production.