Iron Pour with artist Vaughn Randall

Join industrial artist Vaughn Randall for a live demonstration of a biodiesel fueled iron melting furnace.  Using renewable resources and recycled metal, Randall will melt iron and pour it into molds, creating works of art.  Guests are invited to view the entire process, from lighting the furnace to tapping the liquid metal, and discuss the process with Randall and his volunteer helpers.  There may even be some experiments with different fuels, making for a fascinating day combining science, technology, history, and art.   The event will take place from 10 AM to 2 PM in Foundry Park in front of the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, PA.  Be sure to return after dinner, at 7 PM, for a second iron pour at Steelstacks with artist Coral Lambert and Paul Higham.

Vaughn Randall is currently a professor of sculpture at the State University of New York in Cortland, NY. He received his MFA in sculpture from the University of Washington in Seattle, and his BFA in sculpture from Georgia State University. He was instrumental in the development of the Sloss Furnaces Metal Arts program in Birmingham, Alabama, and served as the Co-Director of the 8th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art. He has been an active member of the cast-iron art community for over 30 years. Randall has an extensive background in both industrial and artistic foundry processes and is trained as a model maker and a master wood patternmaker. His work has been exhibited extensively and is in the collection of the John Michael Kohler Art Center, the University of Alabama in Birmingham, SUNY Cortland, the US National Park Service, The City of Clarksville TN, The Chinese Cultural Council, Jingdezhen, China, as well as many private collections.