Fire in the Swamp 2012

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