The Carmarthen School of Art team consists of six members of F.B.S, a top secret and student run Furnace Building Society within the college. Jet Shimidzu, Sam Ross, Anwen Howells, Kezi Ferguson, Tom Bellingham and Kerry Collison (Team Captain) have managed to build a furnace during an extended lockdown period in West Wales (UK). With extremely tight Covid restrictions, each element of the furnace was built socially distanced; having minimal access to workshops and equipment, the only source of communication over facebook. The team has only been allowed to come together on the day of the pour.

Mwfanwy (Beloved) is named according to her resemblance to a little old Welsh lady. The furnace is composed of six cast iron panels (one made by each of the team) that encompass this year’s theme of Lived Histories, Imagined futures. The team is especially proud of their triangular tuyere design.

*Please note that this submission was recorded in 15 minute increments