Fire in the Swamp Galleries

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