As I left the house to go to the weekly gathering of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Writers' Collective, I realized I had forgotten to grab my camera, just in case we decided to head out to the
Arts On Fire Festival in Scranton afterwards. "That's OK," I thought. "I can just use the camera in my phone!"
So. Sorry about the poor quality of these photos.
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Some of the vendors and the crowd. |
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One of the most popular exhibits was an interactive art booth. For a few dollars you could buy a hexagonal blank mold made of soft brick. You could then scratch a design into it with a nail, and then molten iron would be poured into the mold, creating a positive image of the negative you had created. On Sunday, all of the cast iron hexagonal tiles will be assembled together into a collective art project! |
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Pouring the molten iron into the molds. |
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Some of the molds. The one on the right in the second row was made by NEPWC member Laurel. |
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Pouring molten iron into a larger and more complicated mold. |
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"Arts On Fire," literally: after the molten iron was poured, impurities continued to burn off the surface of the iron for several minutes. This image captures a small flame on the left edge of the rightmost mold. |
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Who needs Instagram when you have a low-resolution phone camera with a dirty lens and low-light conditions? This old-timey-looking scene was just across the street from the iron furnace. |
The Arts On Fire Festival continues through tomorrow, June 3 2012, and will run from 11:00 - 5:00.
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