Students will work on collaborative projects that will be on temporary exhibition in the park. Close contact with working artists and art students in these two countries as well as a visit to the National Art Academy in Tallinn Estonia will provide a wide range of exposure to contemporary issues in visual art in Europe. Visits to major art museums, cultural sites will be arranged in each country. For those students who choose to extend their stay in Europe, Helsinki is the ideal city from which to visit St. Petersburg Russia and the Hermitage Museums and other world-class collections and historic sites

Friday, June 18, 2010

The Wales / Prime Meridian Lodestone

This is the Kidwelly Castle where the selected exhibition for the Iron Conference will take place. I see this every day from Andy's back yard!
This is a view of the quarry at the edge of the Pricili Hills. Deeper into these hills is the source of the hearth stone at Stonehinge.
This is the Bluestone that I selected for the Prime Meridian.
The stone in the mold. About halfway through the process of making the piece mold.
The mold in it's wooden flask, being prepared for casting.
Welsh iron from the Dragon Furnace being poured into the mold.
The last tap being poured into the mold.




Hello from Kidwelly, Wales.
While Stuart and the group are busy exploring St. Petersburg, Russia, I have been here in Wales working at the West Wales School of the Arts with Andy Griffiths and his great crew of iron casters. Andy is the co-chair of the upcoming 6th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art. Somehow, in addition to all the work he is doing to organize the conference, Andy found time to assist me with my "Lodestone Project". This Lodestone will be sited on the Prime Meridian. I owe a great debt of gratitude to Andy and the crew for helping me. Thank You!


The team! A wonderfully generous and hard working group of folks who made this possible .
THANK YOU!
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