For the last few years one of the highlights of the MassArt Alumni Retreat has been an iron pour. Josh Dow and Lauren Holmgren of the Green Foundry in Eliot, Maine and Laurie Carmen organized the effort. All are MassArt Alums and members of the Iron Guild. The Iron Guild does performances in New England and New York. We were treated to a performance on Saturday Night.
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| Josh instructing the troops |
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| My husband, Doug, filling his ladle with hot iron |
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| Pouring iron into molds |
We prepared a sand mold using found objects or by scratching into the sand. Into the mold, molten iron would be poured creating an iron tile with a low relief image on it. Many hands helped stoke the fire and ladle the hot iron into the molds.
The iron pour is a favorite with everyone--how can you not like fire and molten metal. It is a finely timed and choreographed event. Sparks fly, iron flows reminding us of our primal and elemental beginnings.
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