Fire in the Swamp 2012

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