Cloaked in layers of leather, hard hats and safety glasses, the artists waited in anticipation for glowing iron to pour from the cupola furnace. ASU's metal casting arts organization, Fahrenheit 2150, ...

PEORIA — Jam Lovell is going to make sparks fly in Peoria. The sculptor and her fiance, fellow sculptor Danny Rohr, are bringing small-scale iron casting to the area. The ancient practice has been ...

Alfred University Professor of Sculpture Coral Lambert next month will transport her portable iron furnace to Bethlehem, PA for a site-specific iron pour performance. Lambert will melt and cast hot ...

When it comes to choice of metals that can be melted in the home foundry, it’s a little like [Henry Ford]’s famous quip: you can melt any metal you want, as long as it’s aluminum. Not that there’s ...

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This article was updated May 18, 2023. It was originally published Nov. 15, 2002. Cast iron, by definition, is any iron alloy with more than 2% carbon and uses that carbon as the main alloying ...