Fire in the Swamp Galleries

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