Fire in the Swamp 2012

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