{"id":4604,"date":"2012-10-27T18:08:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T23:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4604"},"modified":"2012-10-27T18:08:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T23:08:46","slug":"fire-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4604","title":{"rendered":"FIRE IN THREE ACTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4604 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150660.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150660-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4605\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150679-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150679-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4606'>\n\t\t\t\tFIRING THE KILN\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150689.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150689-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4607\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150736-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150736-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4608'>\n\t\t\t\tSPARKS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150760.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150760-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150760-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150760-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4609'>\n\t\t\t\tSPARKS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150796.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150796-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150796-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-steel-yard-10-26-12-150796-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4610'>\n\t\t\t\tBATTLE ROYALE\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Last Night was the 7th annual Iron Pour at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesteelyard.org\">the Steel Yard<\/a> in Providence. The theme was a battle pitting Norseman against \u00a0a fire breathing dragon. The weapons were forged, finished, the battle was fought and the dragon slain.<\/p>\n<p>Fire is a primary, fascinating element. It seems we all love to stare into the flames. Watch the ocean from the safety of shore, watch a thunderstorm from a safe distance. I do to. I am not certain I could explain why; but the raw power of nature is compelling. We watched iron melting, It is a very visceral event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Night was the 7th annual Iron Pour at the Steel Yard in Providence. The theme was a battle pitting Norseman against \u00a0a fire breathing dragon. The weapons were forged, finished, the battle was fought and the dragon slain. Fire is a primary, fascinating element. It seems we all love to stare into the flames. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=4604\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FIRE IN THREE ACTS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1483],"tags":[1484,2604],"class_list":["post-4604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-steel-yard-art","tag-iron-pour","tag-the-steel-yard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4604"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4613,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4604\/revisions\/4613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}