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Art department holds annual Iron Pour event

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Guest professor prepares metal inside of the cupola. UP photo by Keagan Smith.
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Guest professor opens the top of the cupola. UP photo by Maddie Sims.

The department of art and design held their annual Iron Pour event March 31. Students and guest professors poured liquid metal onto sand molds and added different metal in a specific furnace called a cupola.

Port Neches Middle School attended the event for a field trip as well.

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Students from Port Neches Middle School wait for the Iron Pour event to start. UP photo by Maddie Sims.
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An art department professor places metal from the furnace into a metal bin. UP photo by Maddie Sims.
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A close-up of the iron poured from the furnace. UP photo by Keagan Smith.

 

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