Construction of Volcano Furnace at Pedvāle Open-Air Art Museum in Latvia

PHOTO CREDIT: Haley Jelinek

Alzheimer's Glass and Iron - Forget Me Not Garden

The Alzheimer's Glass and Iron team planted a Forget Me Not garden in collaboration with Coral Lambert's Volcano Furnace performance on June 23rd, as part of th...e 7th International Contemporary Cast Iron Arts Conference at the Pedvāle Open-Air Art Museum in Latvia. During the Mid Summer's night of fire and iron performance, Haley Jelinek, Rosemarie Oakman and Elise Betrus invited audience member to participate in the Forget Me Not Garden. Participants planted seeds after the first 300lb molten iron tap from the Volcano Furnace. The seeds planted during the performance help us honor all those lost, suffering or affected by Alzheimer's Disease.

Special thanks to:
The 7th ICCCIA
Coral Lambert

Pedvāle Open-Air Art Museum
Ojars Arvids Feldbergs
Laura Feldberga
Laura Miglone

Alfred University's School of Art and Design
The National Casting Center Foundry
The Women's Leadership Center

The constant love and support of our families and friends.

Hornell Alzheimer's Iron Pour

May 3rd as part of the Hornell Art Walk in Hornell, NY.
Awesome crew who poured through intense downpour and lightening.
Special thanks to Luke Voytas.

Alfred Foundry Guild bringing down the house at Honors Convocation tonight.

Lily Reeves Montgomery
-Corning Museum of Glass Scholarship

Rosemarie Oakman
- Alfred Undergraduate Research Scholarship
-Outstanding Senior of the Year Award (finalist)
- Student Innovator of the Year Award
( for the Alzheimer's Glass and Iron Project)

Becca Flis
-Alfred Scholar

ARGUS

On Thursday April 24th Alzheimer's Glass and Iron founder, Rosemarie Oakman presented her research at Alfred University's Undergraduate Research Forum. Special thanks to the ARGUS fund for sponsoring the Alzheimer's Glass and Iron project as well as project sponsors Dr. Robert Maiden, Dr.Danielle Gagne and Coral Lambert.

Alzheimer's Glass and Iron at Salem Art Works

 

poster design by Chase Winkler

It's ALIVE!!

The Alzheimer's Glass and Iron project's metal melting cupolette furnace the "Crystal Bare" was finished and test run this week!! White hot metal flowed to the delight of furnace builder Rosemarie Oakman(bottom) and project advisor Coral Lambert (top).

 Be sure to come out and support the project and watch us run our new furnace at the Alzheimer's Iron pour in downtown Hornell on May 3rd. The event is part of the Hornell Art Walk, and will be held outside the Creative Arts Center between 4-8pm. Carve your own relief block and take home a cast iron sculpture that day for only $12!!

BIG MOLD MONTH

Big mold month has concluded as of Tuesday's Iron Pour! 3 induction heats, as well as continuos cupolette taps filled the molds of grad students Elizabeth Poteneza and Ronda Phipps as well as senior Rosemarie Oakman. Special thanks to Morgan Donahue and Coral Lambert for all of their help and time spent. Additionally a warm thanks for the hard work accomplished by Tuesday pour crew. Photo's of the finished castings to come!!

RAMMING REFRACTORY

This week the Alzheimer's Iron metal melting furnace was rammed with refractory (fire brick), in preparation for the upcoming Alzheimer's Iron Pour in Hornell.

Come out and support the project and watch us run our new furnace, on May 3rd from 4-8 as part of the Hornell Art Walk.

MANY THANKS TO THE ALFRED FOUNDRY GUILD 

FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK & SUPPORT!

Alzheimer's Iron Pour in downtown Hornell

Saturday May 3rd

4-8pm

Outside the Creative Art Center during the Hornell Art Walk!!
Event is free and open to the public

You and members of the community are invited to participate in making your own ‘RELIEF SCULPTURE’. With the help of foundry students you will be able to carve your own unique design which will then be cast in metal. This is open to adults and children with supervision; anyone can do it for a $10 donation to the charity. Or you can just come watch the action too! All of the sculptures made will be cast in iron that day and participants will be able to take their ‘relief sculpture’ home with them.

Alongside the casting of the relief sculptures will be several other exciting features including a foundry guild table as well as Alzheimer's Glass and Iron table.

Additionally an Alzheimer's Association representative will be present to help rally the community and answer any questions attendees may have about Alzheimer's.

Half of the proceeds will go to the Alzheimer's Association, the other half will go towards the foundry guilds travels to the 7th international cast iron arts conference in Latvia

Lion's Club

Tonight the Lion's Club of Alfred NY is sponsoring a presentation about the Alzheimer's Glass and Iron project, that will be free and open to the whole community. The presentation will be starting at 7:45 pm in the University Union Church Center in Alfred NY. Hope to see ya there!

BIG MOLD WEEK

 

WHAT A PRODUCTIVE WEEK AT THE NATIONAL CASTING CENTER FOUNDRY!! Just a few photo’s of our large sand molding workshop.  Many warm thanks to Morgan Donahue expert sand molder from Pollich Tallix, for all of his help and many hours spent on our complicated molds!  Photo’s of the finished castings to come!