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SHRAMKO
Design

Sculpture Artist

Iron Pour

The iron pour process is hot and dangerous and beautiful all at the same time. The photo essay below bears witness to how these amazing artisans bring metal works to life.

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Tatyana Shramko excitedly waits for an iron pour of one of her sculptures

An ironworker puts on protective clothing, including a pair of heavy work gloves

The smelt is ready for the iron to be heated and poured into molds

on the scaffold, the artists prepare to smelt iron by adding collected iron scraps into the fire, and toss aside empty cannisters.

after the iron is poured and cooled, the artists use a shovel to break apart the molds

Preparing the broken mold remnants

Dancing Pig—a relief sculpture of a dancing pig and a stalk of corn

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