Furnace set-up with replica goatskin hand bellows (LBA found in Denmark)
Night casting at Umha Aois symposium
Freshly poured moulds and empty crucible
Pouring a mould from a pit furnace at Allihies
A LBA socketed axehead in its mould fragment (Booleybrian Hoard, Co. Clare)
A pit furnace, moulds and crucibles
A replica of the LBA Dunmanway horn is broken out of the mould. Pouring cup and mould thickness are clearly visible.
Fragment of a broken LBA horn mould and miscast of a horn. The vented core is evident
After casting a handbell at Umha Aois 2011 in Doolin.
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