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Fallbrook Iron Pour

I was happy to be able to attend the Historic Fallbrook Iron Pour after reading about it in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Many artists provided molds to be filled with molten iron during the pour. The furnace built to melt the iron was called a cupola. The event took place at the Artworks of Fallbrook, Fallbrook CA, November 5, 2005.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20051105-9999-1mi5pour.html
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/10/09/news/columnists/betty_johnston/21_49_2010_8_05.txt
Pirate crew Pouring molten iron from the small ladle into the big ladle The cuploa sticks its tongue out CRW_6570.jpg
letting molten iron from the cupola flow into the ladle spooning slag from the iron freshly poured mold hot poker, slow shutter
man vs. fire Have we met? fire dance a spoonful of slag
pouring iron from the small ladle into the big ladle pouring from the big ladle pouring from the small ladle attending the birth
minions of the cupola pouring iron from the small ladle into the big ladle standing fast at the gates of Hell The mold form got very warm. No problem!
pouring iron from the small ladle into the big ladle cold spoon into hot iron = hot sparks rowdy mold empting the ladle

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Claude Moreillon30-May-2011 19:11
Excellent travail. Very interesting gallery! V
Mattias Backström25-Feb-2010 13:44
Very interesting, and different, gallery! I love these, and know how tricky it must have been to get the exposure right. But then again, you're a pro, so maybe it wasn't that tricky after all :)
Guest 15-Nov-2009 01:27
what an awesome gallery. The exposure is right on!
Andrew Bott26-Mar-2008 09:27
Well documented. I couldn't help wondering if the gallery, as a whole, would look stronger if you hid the captions.
Guest 21-Aug-2007 10:29
Yes, unusual ! And cognitive ! Voted
Guest 27-May-2007 15:34
Good work, Charles!
Ann Cleeves16-Jan-2007 13:11
Unusual and very interesting gallery.
Aivar Mikko17-Dec-2006 13:02
Something what I have not see. Interesting to look at.
Soenda17-Sep-2006 07:06
I was very glad to get the chance to visit this gallery. The men of my husband's family worked in a foundry most of their lives. I can see now why my husband was glad to escape. It makes great viewing, and probably the visit itself was great fun. But to toil every day in hell? It looks like brutally hard work.

Thank you for sharing your experience with us through your gallery.
Hans VR09-Nov-2005 10:40
Must have been pretty hot in there.
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