| Forms the backbone team that I work with.
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| the '
Gangue aux Fer' Without the guidance and friendship of these individuals, I would never have smelted iron. 
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Early Iron Experimental Group
- is a collection of working metalsmiths,
historians and archaeologists. Our interest is using the
methods of experimental archaeology to develop working skills
related to the smelting of iron ores to workable metal using
historic techniques.
Active researchers in the archaeology of iron and bloomery
iron smelting are invited to join our discussions.As with other such specialized discussions, we ask that members limit their postings to our topic. Please feel free to share your discoveries, observations and research! In the photos and files area is a growing collection of articles and images of our individual smelts. Please send an e-mail to request membership The Early Iron web site has been mirrored here |
Description |
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Comment |
| 'Little Princess'- by
Sauder & Williams "..Drawing
on this experience, we have designed and operated a simple clay-built
bloomery with spectacular results, and have arrived at a selection of
materials, construction techniques, and operating parameters that we
feel are optimal..." |
iron.wlu.edu/reports/Little%20Princess.htm | A preliminary report only. This is an ideal model for those interested in Early Medieval method. |
| 'Coated Tyle' Furnace
- by Sauder & Williams "This
little iron smelting bloomery was inspired by ... the Pre-Industrial
Iron Symposium, Farmer's Museum Cooperstown NY in October 2004." |
iron.wlu.edu/Bloomery_Iron.htm | This is a full description of the construction and firing of the 'Flue Tyle' furnace designed as a teaching tool for Early Iron II. |
| A
Teeny Tiny Bloomery - by Skip Williams
"..A while back,.., Curiosity pulled me into the side yard and demanded
that I try to build a tiny bloomery out of clay and fiber. By 'tiny' I
mean a bloomery with less than a foot of stack above the tuyere and a
charcoal burn rate of only 4 lbs. per hour." |
iron.wlu.edu/reports/Teenytiny.htm | A short report on what Skip christened 'the Occorania'. |
| The
Medium is the Root of the Art - by Walfrid Huber
"..To the question, whether one could reproduce some of the splendid forms
of the past, we commonly hear the answer, "Can't be done with today iron".
Did the wizardry inhere in the materials of the past or is it that we've
lost all vestiges of the mythos?.." |
www.artmetal.com/project/News/Hephaist/MedArt.html | A discussion of the general historic processes of smelting iron -Translated from German (?) |
| Sturka Experimental Iron Smelting | www.kolumbus.fi/jouni.jappinen/Iron.html | In Swedish - but good photographic record.by this group from Finland in 2005 |
| Ancient Metallurgy Research Group -
the University of Bradford (UK) "..The AMRG encourages investigations into all areas of ancient and historical metallurgy, including mining, primary metal production, artefact manufacturing, slag and residue studies, cultural aspects of metallurgy and metals, geophysical survey of production sites, and archaeomagnetic dating of high-temperature features. " |
www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/depart/resgrp/amrg/amrginfo.htm | Started in 1992, the site includes research papers and field notes from a number of smelts since early 2000. |
