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Sean FitzSimmons

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Peters Valley 2024-25
Blacksmith Studio Coordinator
Blade-smith
Jersey Bad Dawg
Amateur Arcanist
Freelance Pizza Maker

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had the craft school class of my dreams this past week at @petersvalley ! super grateful to angela for teaching us to weave & forge & twine & dye & ID plants. and big thanks to sean and eva for helping us out in the studio ☀️

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Guess what I’ll be doing in two months? Returning to my very favorite place in the mountains @johnccampbellfolkschool to teach my very first weeklong class there — and I hope you’ll join!
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Late September is one of the most beautiful times of year to be at the folk school, and if we’re lucky we’ll coincide with some prime foraged snacks (chestnuts and crab apples, persimmons and paw paws, oh my!).
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This class isn’t just broommaking - it’s how to identify, process, and responsibly forage materials. How to make a simple tool when you’re on the go and want to make a broom, and what to acquire and build when you’re setting up a home studio. You’ll leave with knowledge, new tools, and a ton of resources (and, of course, brooms!)
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This is teach a man to fish, but broommaking — and we’ll have a ton of fun!
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Sign up in the link in bio — and feel free to DM with any questions.

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Feeling very grateful after spending the week at Peter’s Valley. I want take a moment to sincerely thank @petersvalley for the generous scholarship; I wouldn’t have been able to make the trip otherwise. A special thanks to the Marie Zimmerman Foundation for making it happen.

I came away with a new perspective on blacksmithing as a whole. @phyreforge challenged us to slow down and think about our hammer blows, forging with intention, and trying to polish our work. It’s a lesson I’ll carry with me every time I step in front of the anvil. To be working alongside Pete and other talented smiths was a privilege, and I hope that the new friends I made there stay in touch. The community is one of the best parts of this craft. As an homage to Marie Zimmerman, I plan on sharing the lessons I learned with other folks and hopefully form a community of forging in my location, as it’s sparse near me. I’ve decided that my next step is to obtain my instructor certification from @abanaorg to further bolster my desire to spread the lessons I’ve been shown.

Roughly quoting Pete, we are a group of people doing what we love. Not everyone gets to have a craft they’re so passionate about, and that’s something I’m thankful for.

Thank you again to Peter’s Valley. The entire staff of folks who fed us and made us feel welcome, the Marie Zimmerman Foundation, Pete, and everyone present who made it such a memorable week. @seanfitzkitchen welcomed us into the shop and made sure we had everything we needed. I enjoyed every moment of it. #mariezimmermann #blacksmithing #petersvalleyschoolofcraft #abana #phyreforge

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Last weekend I had the absolute pleasure and privilege of teaching a three-day steel belt buckle workshop at @petersvalley and I’m still swooning hard. Waking up in the woods with my honey and spending our days forging, tinkering, and giggling away with instantly kindred and beloved homies is how I’d prefer to spend the rest of my days (and am hoping one day maybe we can). I’m in awe of these folks’ hearts, minds, passions, humor, dedication, and skill and I hope our paths continue to cross again and again. Thanks for making my metal nerd heart swell, ya’all. And thanks for keeping our tool belts stocked while we crafted things to hold ‘em up, @seanfitzkitchen! Forever in your debt for allowing me to be a part of such a wonderful community of makers.
Also forever shoutout to @inclusive_blacksmiths for existing and for continuing to improve access to skills and resources for every metal nerd everywhere.
#blacksmithing #blacksmith #forged #forging #metalwork

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Forging Frying Pans with @ian.mc_carthy at @petersvalley with @seanfitzkitchen & @ave_rigua !!! Huge thanks @petersvalley #wingatearteducatorscholarship #thankyou

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fairy spoon @ the valley

silver, cz

power dips, big tree, my baby.... aint nothing better than a long weekend at PV

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Happy to have visited my buddy @seanfitzkitchen for the Open House at the Blacksmith Studio at @petersvalley today.

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Nearly been a full month in New England weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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And just like that the 2026 CMA Winter Residency is over, it always goes so fast. Already looking forward to next year. This is such a special time of year where the shop is open and creative for a full six weeks. From here, we get ready for all the other fun stuff in store like our one week workshops, Forging Focus, and so much more.

Scholarships are still open if you want to come learn to forge, we’re excited to have you here in Johnstown!

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Thinking of warmer days, summer swims, and this illustration I did for an essay on “Power Dipping” by @seanfitzkitchen 🌟 Sean’s piece, along with others, is available in a new publication, Landforms, brought into the world by the lovely @hannahladesic 💛

Go to her insta page to check it out!! I love collaborating with friends ✨✨✨

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hello! I’ve had a couple projects brewing and am finally ready, and very excited, to share them :-)

first— issue 1 of ‘landforms’ — the publication I’ve been working on— is ready! the process of taking ‘landforms’ from idea to book has been such a treat, and a real learning experience. the final little book includes nine pieces of writing, from craftspeople + land stewards, that I’m honored to share. these essays + stories—about fostering connection to place, art-making with locally grown + foraged materials, and rekindling family craft traditions—all feel especially pertinent in a time when care for the Earth has never been less prioritized.

I printed these during a residency at @directanglepress (and learned a heck of a lot about 4-color riso registration…) I ended up with ~60 copies, since they were so time-intensive to make. If you’d like one of the special first editions— four color riso printed, cover typeset and printed on a Vandercook press, and hand assembled + bound by me—now’s the chance. I’m planning another print run of this issue at some point, since I’d like to print lots more at a lower cost, though they won’t be quite as handmade :-)

second— a project a long time in the making, a letterpress poster made in collaboration with a dear friend, @starsheepz this piece was inspired by a poster I made in the winter of ’23 after a year of working at the @johnccampbellfolkschool - I missed life at the Folk School dearly, so jotted down a list of practices to hold onto. later I thought to turn it into a print to share with others. Ellie made the sweet papercut which became the illustration, and a new friend Sally @ratbeepress kindly let me print these in her studio. whether or not you’ve been to a folk school, I hope these strike a chord.

I’m real excited to get these out into the world, and feel so lucky to have many creative collaborators to make sweet projects alongside. in a time where so many systems are so blatantly causing violence and harm to people and landscapes, the work of dreaming + collaborating + creating feels like such a necessary and powerful tool of world-building. feel free to share- site is in my bio hannahladesic.com

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Introducing my new band, @limecrestnj
& our first track: Out on a Wing

After many years of jamming on this song, we finally got it together and finished the damn thing.

This meant that my bud Sean and I had to officially write & sing our vocal parts, a missing piece that had been procrastinated for years.

The rest fell into place much more easily thanks to our talented friends and the power of collaboration.

Feels good to finally finish this one & get it out there.

Vocals/guits: @seanfitzkitchen
Vocals/guits: @jace_limb
Bass/guits: @jon_rdny
Drums: Rams
Organ: @sshimchick
Production/mix: @jace_limb

Special shout out to my big bro @johnn0ob for consistently nailing it on the album art.

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