Fire in the Swamp 2012

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