Fire in the Swamp Galleries

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