Pre Conference Workshop Molds + Furnaces Arrive (Aga Foundry)

A 4 day exhibition of Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture by Conference Participants and significant figures in the field of Cast Iron Art.

Ironbridge Gorge Museum : Covered Bays

4pm             Co-Chairs Welcome

                    Welcome to Ironbridge : Keith Austin, Leader of the City Council

4.30pm        Keynote Address : Nor Hall and Robert Cooke, USA.

                  'Hot Botts and Soul Blasts : Naming the Furnace Body'  

5.30pm        Board Coaches to Blists Hill Victorian Town for Iron Works Demonstrations

7.30pm        Dinner + Cash Bar  (Location : Forest Glen, Blists Hill)

9.30- 10pm  Board Coaches back to Ironbridge and The Ironbridge Gorge Museum.

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And Blists Hill Victorian Town

'Eclectromelt' by Nathan Goodson,  (Location : Moss)

'Direct Carving' by Hanna Jubran,  'Footprint Open Face Mold' by Jim Brenner,  'Iron Remembers : Burial Project' with Andy Griffiths and John Hachmeister.  (Location : Aga Foundry, back yard sheds)

'Scratch Molds'   (Location : Engine Shop)

Aga Foundry : Back Yard

The Engine Shop

Castle Fine Arts Foundry, UK - Chris Butler : Sculpture Foundry who specializes in scaling up using a Pantograph.

H Downs and Sons, UK - Nigel Downs : Industrial Iron Founders.

Ancient Arts, UK - David Chapman : Practitioner and teacher of ancient art casting techniques.

Stokes of England, UK and USA - Steve Stokes : Wrought Iron Workers and Blacksmiths.

Winters Foundry Supply, UK

Remet Corporation, UK

Panel : 'Fire & Stardust : Performance & Ritual' Moderated by David Lobdell with Panelists : Joshua Dow, Veronique d'Entremont, Andy Griffiths and John Hachmeister.  (Location : Glass Fronted Classroom)

Panel : 'Iron Casting at The Museum of Steel Sculpture, Coalbrookdale' Moderated by Pam Brown with Panelists Jack Gron, Dave Morris, Rick Batten, Andy Light and Gerry Masse. (Location : The Ironbridge Institute, Rm A)

and

The Ironbridge Institute

Panel : 'Iron Pour Work Shop Experiences'   Moderated by Cynthia Handel with Panelists : Laurence Edwards, Greg Mueller and Linda Walsh. (Location : Glass Fronted Classroom)

Panel : 'Cast Iron in Public Art'  Moderated by Jim Brenner with Panelists : Hanna Jaanisoo, David Gooding and Jason Thompson. (Location : The Ironbridge Institute, Rm A)

Presentation : 'Quality of Iron : Research Paper' Ken Payne and Dr Mohan Devgun. (Location : The Ironbridge Institute, Rm B)

1.30 - 3.15    Panel : 'From the Virtual to the Real' Moderated by Paul Higham with Panelists : Mary Bates, Robert Michael Smith and Christian Lavigne.

3.15 - 3.30     Discussion + Coffee Break

3.30               Lecture : 'The Virtual Making of the 'Ironbridge'  by David De Haan

4 - 5pm          VR Projection in the Engine Shop.

The Engine Shop

The Worlds Smallest Cupola Contestants                    (sponsor this unique event!)

Judged by :

Carolyn Ottmers, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Thomas Gipe, Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois Univeristy Edwardsville.

Martin Newby, Aga Rayburn Foundry, Coalbrookdale.

Witness this 'Live' competition of 14 unique artist made miniature iron furnaces that function and that actually produce molten iron.

Panel : 'Kohler Arts + Industry' Moderated by Adam Labe with Panelists Carolyn Ottmers  and Jonathon Hils. (Location : Glass Fronted Classroom)

Panel : 'Industrial Archeology' Paul Belford and David De Haan. (Location : The Ironbridge Institute, Rm A)

The Ironbridge Institute

Panel : 'Cast Iron Sculpture Programs at Historic Iron Sites'  Moderated by Dilys Jackson with Panelists Joe McCeary, Laura Hilton, Johnny P Williams and Harvey Hood. (Location : The Ironbridge Institute, Rm A)

'The Exquisite Cupola' : Scottish Sculpture Workshop + Georgia Southern University

'The Trash Can Cupola' : Butch Jack, Lamar Univeristy, Texas

'Stanford Cupola' : Wezley Jacobs, The Bullpen Foundry, Standford Contemporary with Daniel Hunt, Kansas State University + Friends.

'Y Drai Goch' :  West Wales School of the Arts, Cupolette

Aga Foundry

4 - 10pm

The Museum of Steel Sculpture 

Night Pour at the Museum of Steel Sculpture.

'Iron Symposiums in Sarajevo, Poland & Bosnia' Moderated by Deborah LaGrasse with Panelists : Charles Hook, Rick Batten, Jan Szczypka, Anna Novak, Pawel Latawiec and Marciej Kurzysz. (Location : The Ironbridge Institute, Rm A)

'Rim of Fire : A discussion of Aesthetics in Contemporary Cast Iron Art' Moderated by Hanna Jubran with Panelists Harvey Hood, and Ira Hill. (Location : Glass Fronted Classroom)

'In the Making : Tools of the Trade' Moderated by Marjee Levine with Panelists Brad Allen, Butch Jack and Matt Toole. (Location : The Ironbridge Institute, Rm A)

'Scottish Sculpture Workshop' Moderated by Eden Jolly with Panelists George Beasley, Ginny Hutchinson, Enge and Chris Freemantle. (Location : The Ironbridge Institute, Rm A)

6pm  - Morris Dancers

7pm -  Buffet (Location : Engine Shop)

8pm - Presentation :

'A Brief History of Iron Casting'  by Ken Payne.

9pm - Closing Ceremony

Exhibition Reception

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Refreshments

Featuring

The Ironmen and The Severn Gilders. (Location : Outside or inside the Engine Shop)

A 4 day exhibition of Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture.

From the past to the present

George Beasley's Stick Furnace'   :    (location Aga Foundry, Back Yard)