Fire in the Swamp 2012

Master Smith Chris Marks at Gas Forge
Pouring an Iron Cross in a mold carved in the ground.
Bronze pour
Iron flows freely from the cupola
John Perilloux
Iron starts to flow
Forging a Knife Blade
Youngsmith Chucks son
Mykaela forging
Pouring bronze into sand molds
Hand Forged knives by Edd Scafidel
At the Anvil, Fire in the Swamp 2009
molten iron flowing from the cupola
ladle for iron pour pre-heat
Copper leaf making with Patrick Branan
Hot cutting iron by Wayne Cash
Bad ass knife
Throwing pottery
breaking of iron for the iron melt
Hunter Averett at the forge
John Perilloux feeds the cupola
Teaching of Blacksmithing by Chuck Averett
Freshly cast bronze horse-head cane handle
scraping the doss off the bronze
Deborah Davis forging a hummingbird
Kelly Landrum making Raku
Kelly and her class
Chris Marks forges a knife
Deborah at the forge
Sue Lincoln making a pewter mold for casting
Fire in Swamp 2009 Gets Underway
oxygen lance clears a blockage with John Periloux
The first iron pour from the new cupola
Wood fire to pre-heat the cupola and light the coke
hand made tool box and black smith tools given away 2011
Kelly Landrum preparing her kiln for Raku
Forging
Working at the anvil during Fire in the Swamp 2009
Hand Forged Iron Work by Tom Walker
John Perilloux charging the cupola
Raku pottery by Kelly Landrum
Raku kiln and pottery being pre-heated
Chuck and his son
Bronze crucible being transferred to pouring shank