Rene',

I understand your dilemma - airfare is really expensive these days and it would be much better if you could stack two or three courses back to back in one trip. In order to work that out, I'd suggest you try to contact some of the organizations that sponsor such events, such as the Artist Blacksmiths Association of North America (ABANA), the American Crafts Council (ACC) and others.

ABANA has a Demonstrator's List that member groups use to obtain demonstrators and instructors from, and I think ACC still has something similar - I haven't been involved with ACC for some years now. YOu could Google both organizations and get contact numbers for the appropriate people to speak with.

Another possible source would be to contact the better metalworking universities and schools in the US. Send them a letter with your curriculum vitae and links to your portfolio, as well as your rates and advise them of the dates you would be available. Your proposed stay in the US would come during the "summer session" at most schools and they might, therefore, have more flexibility in arranging a class. One such school is Southern Illinois University, which has a n excellent metalworking program, also Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. There are many others; these two are just the ones I am most familiar with.

Lastly, you might post this same query on the Ganoskin site run by Charles Lewton-Brain. That site is frequented mostly by jewelry artists who might want to get together to sponsor a class.

I wish you the very best of luck with this. I only wish that lived close enough to take advantage of the opportunity to attend myself.

Rich