You can just spectate this fantastical melt-down, or come in costume and prepare to participate by contributing to the Student AFS (American Foundry Society) Club's fundraising efforts, and carving into the pumpkin-shaped sand moulds available for $5 day of the event.įood, Fire, freaks and geeks ~ That's what this pour is all about ! has crafted together a tiny cupola for the event and will be running it in tandem of our little FeLion cupolette for a full night of melting over a ton of iron ! *(That's over 2,000 lbs of metal!)Ĭome on by if you're in the Platteville, Wisconsin area and looking for something crazy fun to do for Halloween. Word has it, Waupaca Foundry's Engineering Dept. The 2nd Annual Halloween Day Iron Pour is happening again at the UW-Platteville campus, and this year FeLion Studio's furnace ( her name is "FLO"), will have a new play mate to melt metal alongside of ~ how fun! Live Music, art and the chance to talk shop, mingle and dancer yer little hearts out with all the day's participant's.įor those who can't make it to the workshops, but will catch up with us later : you can get your heart moulds and After Party tickets right here: Only 200 tickets available for this one-of-a-kind event, so don't wait too long to grab your tickets. The After Party celebration will happen just 3 blocks away at the Harmony Bar & Grill. New to the schedule this year is the introduction of three individual sand mould making workshops leading up to the event. Workshops are open to the public and held January 30-February 1st, 2015. So much going on that day, we may just forget that it's even the dead of winter altogether ! We will feature art by the participating artist's own inspirations, live music and a 6-tap take-over lead by official beer sponsor MobCraft Beer. Happening on February 7th 2015 from Noon-6pm, this year's pour might be our biggest event yet ! With the help of many amazing local collaborators, we now have an official After Party celebration to follow the day's iron pouring event. The day long event has it all: live music, cash bar, molten metal and an after party inside the Garver Feed Mill next door to Olbrich Gardens, where this whole shee-bang takes place. We have community workshops over a month in advance of the big event to jump into if you are feeling frisky. Free and open to the public to come and watch, and over a month of workshops to choose from, the spectacle will be hotter than ever as we prepare to light up our furnace inside the gardens’ grounds and kickoff their 2020 Elements theme celebration with an open house for the new Learning Center on site.įeLion Studios collaborates with some of the Midwest's best metal artists, makers and local businesses in order to melt and cast hot iron all day during the region's coldest season. The 2020 PYHO iron pour is “going to 11” this year, as our radical indoor/outdoor winter event hits the 11th annual landmark, and it’s being held at the beautiful Olbrich Botanical Gardens, on the Great Lawn inside the property. Registration is FREE, but still required for this event. You'll have to just come visit me to see what it's all about :} Below are the details of the 1st annual Design Wisconsin event, where I'll be making waffles & talking shop with patrons of the industrial design field. I'm debuting a new commercial waffle maker product that has been in the works for over 2 years, and is fulfilling a dream idea of mine that started when I was an undergrad in art school. It is a little known secret that Wisconsin is a hub for product innovation, and Design Wisconsin is created to make new connections inside this long lived industry, showcasing Wisconsin based businesses and their proudest new works inside a weekend of geeking out over new potentials.Ī sampling of businesses showcasing their works will be Kohler Co., Milwaukee Tool, Trek, Mercury Marine, Oshkosh Corp., Presto and so many more! This mini-tradeshow event is open to any aspiring Industrial Designers, Design students, businesses in manufacturing and makers looking for resources to bring their ideas to life.
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