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Our lovely guest on today’s episode is Morgan Lugo.  And yes, this is the very same Morgan Lugo who solo tributaries exhibition is opening on April 21^st (2024) at the Metal Museum in Memphis.  Not only has Morgan worked in an art foundry extensively for years but her own artistic practice has produced an extensive and inspiring body of work.  I’m thrilled for you to get a chance to gain a deeper understanding of her and her art through this conversation.

Morgan, thanks so much for being willing to jump into this interview, I had a blast catching up but I am also so inspired by hearing your career story.  The drive and dedication that you direct to your artwork has motivated me to set some new goals to strive for myself.  So thank you.

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·       The Metal Museum, located in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee, is the only museum of its kind dedicated to preserving, promoting, and advancing the art and craft of metalwork. The Metal Museum offers a unique experience with a rich exhibition schedule, a growing permanent collection, an onsite Blacksmith Shop and Foundry, and education and outreach programming.  For more information visit metalmuseum.org and follow them on Instagram: @metalmuseum.  

• Crescent Creative - a digital design & fabrication studio located in Birmingham, Alabama.  They utilize CNC router technology to produce foundry patterns, outdoor signage, furniture, and public art commissions.  If you have questions, they have solutions!  You can find them on Instagram @Crescent Creative, check'em out & give them a follow. 
• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.  Visit their website: https://www.wciaa.org
• Sloss Metal Arts - a national center for iron casting and metal art.  For more information about the Sloss Metal Art Program visit their website https://www.slossmetalarts.com and follow them on Instagram: @slossmetalarts

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Tripp Jarvis is our guest on today’s episode.  I met Tripp in person for the first time at this past Sloss conference and after interviewing him I can already tell you he’s one of the most honest, hard working and kind individuals I’ve ever met.  I am honored to be able to share this episode with you so you can get the story from his perspective and if you are already good friends with Tripp maybe you’ll hear a new story or gain a deeper perspective on how wonderful of a person he is.

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• The Metal Museum, located in the heart of Memphis, Tennessee, is the only museum of its kind dedicated to preserving, promoting, and advancing the art and craft of metalwork. The Metal Museum offers a unique experience with a rich exhibition schedule, a growing permanent collection, an onsite Blacksmith Shop and Foundry, and education and outreach programming.  For more information visit metalmuseum.org and follow them on Instagram: @metalmuseum.  
• Crescent Creative - a digital design & fabrication studio located in Birmingham, Alabama.  They utilize CNC router technology to produce foundry patterns, outdoor signage, furniture, and public art commissions.  If you have questions, they have solutions!  You can find them on Instagram @Crescent Creative, check'em out & give them a follow. 
• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.  Visit their website: https://www.wciaa.org
• Sloss Metal Arts - a national center for iron casting and metal art.  For more information about the Sloss Metal Art Program visit their website https://www.slossmetalarts.com and follow them on Instagram: @slossmetalarts

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Our guest on today’s episode is James L Hayes.  Many of you in our iron art tribe already know James but if you don’t, he is an Irish visual artist who employs the use of iron and the casting of iron in many interesting ways within his body of work.  During this interview he covers all of this and more and I am so excited for you to get a chance to do this deep dive with him in this interview.

James L. Hayes' website: http://www.jameslhayes.ie

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• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.  Visit their website: https://www.wciaa.org
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Reunited for a 3rd time, we sit down with Cast Iron Kyle to talk Philly Hot Sauce Fest, his episode on Brad Leone's Youtube Show 'Local Legends', a new passion project coming up soon and of course Brie Rex......we get weird on the episode and have fun tangents, but it always comes back to a love of hot sauce, cooking, family, and cast iron. Please enjoy and check out his stuff in the links below.

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I’m delighted to have Phoenix Savage as our guest on today’s episode.  Phoenix learned iron casting while earning her MFA at Georgia State and in this interview she informs me of some facets of industrial iron casting in American history that I was unaware of.

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• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.  Visit their website: https://www.wciaa.org
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Our guest on today’s show is Jeremy Colbert.  Jeremy has had a long and very interesting relationship with learning the process of iron casting as well as using it as a material in his artwork and I’m so excited for you to learn all about his story through this interview.

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• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.  Visit their website: https://www.wciaa.org
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Our guest on today’s show is Noah Kirby.  Noah has a long career as a professor of art and sculpture as well as being a board member for the Western Cast Iron Art Alliance and he is Co-Director of Six Mile Sculpture Works in Granite City, IL. 

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• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.  Visit their website: https://www.wciaa.org
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Coral Penelope Lambert is Professor of Sculpture at Alfred University and also the Director of the National Casting Center Foundry.  Her work includes cast and fabricated metal among other materials and her work takes many forms, sometimes large outdoor sculptures, sometimes more intimately sized pieces.  In this interview she details how she became an artist and where her life journey has taken her up until this point.  To learn more about Coral, or get in touch with her visit her website: www.corallambertsculptor.com

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• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.  Visit their website: https://www.wciaa.org
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Deborah LaGrasse is a prolific artist and metal sculptor.  Among many of her life achievements, she has helped spread knowledge of cupola iron casting in numerous places throughout the years.

Visit Deborah's Website: https://deborahlagrasse.com/

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• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.  Visit their website: https://www.wciaa.org
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Buckle up because the story you will hear from Jay Elias will change how you look at the world.

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• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.  Visit their website: https://www.wciaa.org
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Jen Torres currently teaches sculpture as a tenured professor at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.  She offers a wealth of knowledge about life and iron casting.  During this episode you will be on the edge of your seat because her story includes many unexpected twists and turns.

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Today on the show we have John Poole.  John studied with Wayne Potratz at the University of Minnesota and he went on to become the resident artist at an industrial foundry named the Smith Foundry.  In this conversation he explains how the relationship formed and what the benefits were.

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Under the supervision of Julius Schmidt, Steve Daly built a small cupola in the mid sixties.  He took the 8 ½ inch cupola with him when he graduated as an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.  He used it, and the knowledge of iron casting that he learned from Schmidt to begin spreading the technique of self-cast iron for the purpose of art making outside of Cranbrook.  Daly is one of the main early contributors to the spread of the cast iron art movement in America.

Steve Daly Website: https://www.daly-studio.com

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Our guest on today’s show is George Beasley.  As many of you know, George was a student of Julius Schmidt at Cranbrook Academy of Art.  After learning from Julius how to run iron he went on to play a meaningful role in spreading the use of self cast iron as an artistic medium.  In his career he has helped make this process available to countless individual artists as well as leading an inspiring life as an independent artist, husband and father.

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Mary Neubauer has amazing stories and exciting opportunities on the horizon.  She discusses it all her in this episode.

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• Sloss Metal Arts - a national center for iron casting and metal art.  For more information about the Sloss Metal Art Program visit their website slossmetalarts.com 

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Ok you guys listen, today on the show we have the one and only, the man the myth the legend Toby Flores!  You probably already know all this but I’m going to tell you anyway – Toby is a faculty member of the Art & Design Department at Fort Hays State University and a prolific artist with proficiently in many different materials, including cast iron.  He is a board member for the Western Cast Iron Art Alliance and he is going to be the 2023 Keynote speaker for the National Conference on Cast Iron Art and Practices at Sloss in less than one month’s time.

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• Sloss Metal Arts - a national center for iron casting and metal art.  For more information about the Sloss Metal Art Program visit their website slossmetalarts.com 

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Steve Reider holds two important positions at Sloss.  He is the Board president of Sloss Furnaces Foundation and he serves as a board member for the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark.  If your life has in any way been changed by attending a conference at Sloss then do not miss out on this episode!  Steve shares with us some juicy details about the interworking of Sloss but also reveals new and exciting plans for the future of Sloss that will benefit not only their metal art and residency programs but the entire movement of cast iron art.

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Great long interview with “Lobdeezy” for ya here - Grab a beverage and buckle up!

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• Western Cast Iron Art Alliance - 501 C3, non-profit organization and consists of iron casting artists in the western states that have existed since 2008 to educate, demonstrate and exhibit cast iron art in the region. This group of sculptors creatively focuses on a variety of art forms ranging from installation to performance works utilizing cast iron as their vocabulary.

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