Fire in the Swamp Galleries

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