Tim Flood of Denver and Sculpture Club President is "branded" by an iron fired in the heat of a cupalo during Saturday's Iron Pour. Today's pour was rescheduled from last Wednesday due to the rain and snow that caused the iron to freeze and become unusable. The event brought out many participants and spectators to watch the centuries old methods of casting raw iron into shape for either function or decoration.
Though the symbol is now permanently burned into his protective jacket, the branding iron didn't leave a mark on his arm, the very reason this type of leather is used to protect craftsman from the 3000 degree heat. The symbol burned into Flood's suede leather jacket is the chemical symbol for iron.
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