Popular Iron Pour event returns to Kingsport
Casting will take place during upcoming Kingsport Arts Festival
Kingsport Cultural Arts is bringing back one of the most popular artistic events to take place in the Model City.
The Iron Pour event is returning to the Inventor Center (118 Shelby Street) in April where participants will scratch unique designs into an 8-inch sand mold which will then be cast with molten iron to create a one-of-a-kind work of art.
Sculpture artist Tripp Jarvis and a team of master sculptors will conduct an iron pour demonstration, heating up 500 pounds of iron to 3,000 degrees. Then, when the iron is white hot, Jarvis and his team will pour it into molds made during one of the following eight scratch mold workshops.
- April 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- April 5 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- April 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- April 6 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- April 6 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- April 9 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- April 12 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- April 12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- April 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- April 17 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The workshops will be held at the Inventor Center and the cost to participate is $20 per person. The event is for ages 18 and up. Children ages 6 to 17 are welcome to participate if accompanied by an adult. All materials will be provided.
Once all of the workshops have been held, the iron pour will take place during the upcoming Kingsport Arts Festival (on April 20 beginning at 1:30 p.m.) and your piece of iron will be cast.
For more information about this event, please call 423-392-8414 or visit www.artskingsport.org.
