Univ. Montana Iron Pour 2009

Spring Iron Pour 2009 at The University of Montana (Sculpture Division). Our pour for advanced sculpture students 2 weeks following large pour event for all sculpture courses. Running Shane Morgan's (student) cupola Frumious Bandersnatch or "Frume", which taps at around 200, 350, and ?500? pounds of metal. The University of Montana has a nationally competitive sculpture facility and a philosophy that embraces experimentation in both process and content. Brad Allen, Assistant Professor in Sculpture, has been at UM for 4 years and brings extensive knowledge of metal casting and fabrication from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL where he obtained his MFA in 2005. See Montanasculpture.wetpaint.com for more information.

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• Iron
• Pour
• Montana
• sculpture
• casting
• cast
• metal
• art
• Brad
• Allen

[marcibb]

Interesting, What type of oven is used to melt the iron?

[slint1111]

It is a blast furnace called a "cupola". It has refractory lining and is fired with coke, oxygen, and broken bath tubs.  It reaches temperatures between 2700-3000 degrees.

[Cartmanpimp]

1st comment and my moms in this iron pour