Fire in the Swamp 2012

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