Fire in the Swamp Galleries

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