On Saturday, November 16, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Liberty Arts will be holding their 8th Annual Iron Pour in the middle of Durham Central Park, 501 Foster Street, Durham, North Carolina.
It’s free to watch this, and it’s amazing. Please RSVP on the Eventbrite page.
They’ll be pouring 4,000 pounds of molten iron (3,000 degrees!) into molds.
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Think of it as a “gritty ballet where all the dancers are decked out in helmets and head-to-toe in leathers, dancing around a roaring furnace and pouring red hot metal into molds.”
The iron pour is an art, not just a science, and plans can change throughout the evening. Go with the flow…just like the molten metal!
In addition, the event will include
- Forge Demos by Shop Space
- Neon Glass Bending Demo by Lightship Neon
- Live painting activity by Kirk Denny of Liberty Arts
- Performance by Batala
- Performance by Creative Flame Fire Spinners
- Food trucks
- Craft beer
- Art vendors
- Opportunities to learn about this art form
Those who participated in the Scratch Block classes at the Foundry will get to watch their molds filled with molten iron.
Schedule of Events
3:30 p.m.
- Lighting of the Furnace
- Batala – Drumroll
4 p.m.:
- Iron Night Market opens
- Iron Gallery opens
- Forge demo by ShopSpace
- Live painting by Kirk Denny
- Neon bending by Lightship Neon
- Education Tent opens
4:45 p.m.:
- First tap of the furnace
- Iron pouring begins
- Batala — performance
7 p.m.:
- Creative Flame Co – Fire spinners performance
9 p.m.:
- End of Iron Pour
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