This workshop is intended for the creation of large molds and features extended shop time onsite at the Carrie Blast Furnaces and in-depth instruction / assistance catered to the needs of each individual. Participants will have the chance to learn and experiment with multiple pattern-making materials and create multiple large and complex multi-part sand molds.

Prior experience or Intro to Iron Casting is recommended. Registration includes access to the Carrie Furnaces foundry daily between 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. and the ultimate experience of participating in an iron pour from a coke fired cupola—just like the historic furnaces onsite!

All items for this workshop will be cast on Saturday, June 25, 11 – 7 p.m.  Cooled castings can be picked up on Sunday, June 26 between 10 a.m. – 3 .p.m.

Weeklong Iron Intensive workshops include up to 400 lbs. of sand and corresponding chemical, waste removal and related foundry consumables. Sand and chemical needs beyond this allotted amount are available for $.31/lb.  Any additional material fees must be paid upon pick up of the final castings at the end of the workshop period. 

About the Visiting Artist

Gavin Kenyon, Born 1980 in Binghamton New York, lives and works in New York. He is represented by Galleria Zero, Milan.

Gavin Kenyon is an artist known for sculptures dealing with mass, tension of membranes, binding, and the limits of materials under stress. His work speaks of the frailty of bodies, loss, isolation and psychological repression on one hand as well as connection, care and the tenacity of life on the other. Kenyon’s sculptures are physically heavy, viscerally primitive and humbly perverse. Kenyon has been working within the iron casting community for many years developing an expertise in cold box sand molding for sculpture