Iron Pour Draws Sculpture Artists to Scottsdale Community College on November 14
Scottsdale, AZ (October 26, 2009) – Scottsdale Community College sculpture students and faculty will gather on the SCC campus the morning of Saturday, November 14th for SCC’s 5th annual Iron Pour.
The Iron Pour is a unique art event that represents the culmination of months of preparation on the part of students and faculty. The Iron Pour is free and open to the public, and will be held behind the SCC Art Building (AB) (map: www.scottsdalecc.edu/maps/scc_campus_map.html). SCC is located at 9000 E. Chaparral Rd., Scottsdale.
SCC’s Iron Pour will serve as a demonstration pour following a 2-day Art Foundry Conference at ASU sponsored by the American Foundry Society. ASU Foundry students will be working alongside SCC students to melt and pour all the foundry molds.
“We expect a good crowd of out o f town artists and well as former students,” said Ted Uran, SCC sculpture faculty and director of the Iron Pour. “We anticipate pouring approximately 2,500-3,000 pounds of cast iron.”
For months, SCC students have been collecting cast iron scrap that will be melted down in a large blast furnace constructed by Uran, heated to 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit, and transformed into glowing liquid metal to be poured into prepared molds and turned into unique works of art.
“The work will get very intense as the pour date comes close, breaking iron and coke and measuring out 50 pound charges to melt in the furnace,” said Uran.
Kickoff of the event will begin with the cupola burn – the lighting of the furnace at 7am, with molten iron resulting around 10am. The Iron Pour event is expected to end at 1pm.
Following is the SCC Iron Pour schedule:
7-8am – Furnace prep and lighting of the furnace
8am – Mold placement and preheating of ladies
9-10am – Tapping of furnace and first iron
10am–1pm – Pouring of molds
From 8am-1-pm, scratch blocks will be available for purchase. Guests can create a personal 5” by 5” cast iron tile by scratching their design into a sand mold for a cost of $10-$15 each.
Feel free to bring your friends and family to this spectacle of melting and pouring white hot liquid iron. Don’t forget your cameras and feel free to tell your friends. T-shirts will be available in a variety of sizes.
Event Information:
Koji V SCC Iron Pour
Location: Behind the Art Building at Scottsdale Community College
Date: November 14, 2009
Time: Furnace lighting at 7am; Iron 10am-1pm
Info: (480) 423-6334
Commemorative T-shirts on sale to raise money for Art Club
A cast iron exhibition featuring the work of SCC sculpture students will be displayed in the Art Building foyer the first three weeks of November.
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Scottsdale Community College offers over 1,500 academic and non-credit classes each semester. Located on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the campus is known for its serene atmosphere and beautiful plant and wildlife. With nearly 12,000 students, Scottsdale Community College is proud to offer high-quality, affordable programs in small class settings. From Motion Picture/Television Production and Culinary Arts to Nursing and American Indian Studies, students have a wide variety of programs from which to earn credits for university transfer, launch their careers, train for new ones, or pursue a special interest. The SCC Business Institute offers customized programs to meet the needs of local business. Scottsdale Community College is one of the ten Maricopa Community Colleges.
To learn about the many academic programs at Scottsdale Community College, call us at (480) 423-6000 or visit our website at www.scottsdalecc.edu.
Media contact:
Denise Kronsteiner
(480) 423-6567
denise.kronsteiner@sccmail.maricopa.edu
Fine Arts contact:
Ted Uran
(480) 423-6334
ted.uran@sccmail.maricopa.edu
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