Then the artists will break up scrap radiators and melt them down in a coke-burning furnace. The molten iron will be poured into the participants' mold to complete their creations. Hopi Breton and Greg Mueller, graduate sculpture students at MSU, will present the workshop. Breton and Mueller have created a new art medium at MSU with their passion for cast iron. They both come from different regions where cast iron plays a significant role in making sculptures.
Cast iron offers artists new potential as a cheap, recycled material.
Breton and Mueller's workshop follows on the heels of their community iron pours, the first of which was held in spring 1999. An exhibition of the artists' works also will be held Saturday evening. For more information, call Breton or Mueller at the MSU School of Art Graduate Studios, 994-4491. You are the 204th person to access this page.