MOLTEN AS EVER. ♪ ERIN: IF YOU GO INTO THE WOODS AT THE ANDRES SCULPTURE PARK IN BROOKLYN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, YOU’RE IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE. ♪ >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU LIKE ROCKS AND TREES, WE’VE GOT LENGTHY OF THAT. BUT WE HAVE THE SCULPTURE AS WELL. WE DON’T PUT THE SCULPTURE OUT AND MANICURE EVERYTHING. IT’S IN TANDEM WITH THE WILDERNESS, WITH THE NATURAL SETTING. AND PEOPLE DISCOVER IT THAT WAY. ERIN: THE NEARLY 100 WORKS OF ART THAT. THE 100TH -- THAT DOT 140 ACRE SCULPTURE PARK WERE ALL CREATED BY ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THEY COME FOR A YEARLY SYMPOSIUM, TO CREATE WHILE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, LEAVIING THEIR WORK FOR ALL WHO ENJOY THE GROUNDS TO EXPLORE. >> WE DON’T HAVE, YOU KNOW, INDONESIAN OR AFRICAN ART. WE HAVE WORK DONE BY ARTISTS. WE DON’T HAVE FEMALE ART. WE DON’T HAVE MALE ART. WE HAVE ART. ERIN: JOHN WEIDMAN IS A CO-FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE ANDRES INSTITUTE, AS WELL AS A SCULPTOR. >> AND PART OF WHAT THE ARTIST DOES IS GIVE THE WORK IS A GIFT TO THE PARK, THUS GIVING A GIFT TO THE VIEWER. AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT PEOPLE WILL EXPRESS THEIR FEELING ABOUT IT RATHER THAN TRYING TO IDENTIFY WITH WHAT THE ARTIST IS DOING. GOD KNOWS WHAT THAT IS SOMETIMES. BUT THAT’S OK I MEAN, THE ARTIST ESSENTIALLY DO IT FOR THEMSELVES AS WELL. AND THAT’S PART OF WHAT THEY’RE SHARING AND THAT’S PART OF WHAT THE VIEWER IS SHARING WI THEMSELVES. ERIN: ENJOYING THE ART AND THE GROUNDS ISN’T THE ONLY WAY T INSTITUTE SHARES ITS MISSION TO BRING ART TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY ALSO HOST A VERY POPULAR IRON MELT EACH YEAR. ♪ THEY PROVIDE THE MOLDS AND CAST IRON, AND THE COMMUNITY BUYS THEIR OWN FORMS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ONE-OF-A-KIND WORKS OF AR >> IF THEY’RE FIRST TIMERS, WE TRY TO EXPLAIN THE BASICS. DON’T GO TO MORE THAN HALFWAY DEEP IT’S ALWAYS A NEGATIVE. THERE’S FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES. IT VARIES ALL OVER THE PLACE SOME HAVE ARTIST EXPERIENCE, LITHOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE KNOW , ABOUT REVERSAL STUFF PEOPLE GO, WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? ERIN THIS YEAR THE FUNDRAISER WENT REMOTE. THE INSTITUTE STILL CREATED AND PROVIDED THE FORMS BUT INSTEAD OF CARVING THEM IN PERSON, THE COMMUNITY ARTISTS TOOK THEM HOME TO CREAT >> WE ARE GOING TO OUR NEIGHBORS HOUSE AND DOING IT WITH THEIR FAMI SO THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF SIX OF US SITTING THERE CARVING THEM TOGETHER. IT WILL BE A FUN EVENT, KIND OF LIKE LIVING IN QUARANTINE AND DOING WHAT WE CAN DO. ♪ >> WE TAKE SAND, PUT IT INTO BINDER AND PUT IT INTO A MOLD THAT THE SUBSCRIBER THEN TAK AND SCRATCHES A NEGATIVE PATTERN INTO THE RECESS IN THE MOL THEN A GREEN FOUNDRY COMES DOWN FROM MAINE WITH THEIR KILN. ♪ AND WE SUPPLY THE CAST-IRON AND WE PUT T MOLDS OUT, LEVEL THEM OUT IN THE YARD, AND THEY FIRE UP THE FURNACE AND POUR IT IN THE MOLD. ERIN: WHEN THE MELT IS AN IN -PERSON EVENT, THE INSTITUTE USUALLY SEES 60-70 CREATORS, BUT THIS YEAR WITH THE REMOTE MODEL AND PEOPLE LOOKING FOR CREATIVE OUTLETS IN QUARANTINE, THEY SOLD WELL OVER 100. >> IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE THEIR CONCENTRATION AND THE JOY THEY HAD CREATING SOMETHING NEW, AND WITH ABSOLUTE FREEDOM TO MAKE MISTAKES AND JUST ENJOY THE PROCESS. ♪ ERIN: DAVE PEASE, THE VIDEOGRAPHER FOR THE INSTITUTE, DOCUMENTED THE EVENT SO THAT THOSE WHO WANTED TO SEE THEIR ART TAKE SHAPE, COULD DO S >> WE HAD A REMOTE IR MELT. WE HAD THE MOLDS OUTSIDE IN THE LODGE AND PEOPLE CAME UP OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS AND PICKED UP THEIR MOLDS, TOOK THEM HOME, AND THEN THEY BRING THEM BACK. ERIN: AN EXPERIENCE JUST UNIQUE AS THE SCULPTURE PARK. >> I MEAN, HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET SEE, DO SOMETHING, SEE CAST-IRON POOR AND COME AWAY WITH SOMETHING? IF YOU WENT TO A FOUNDRY, THEY WOULD SAY YOU WANT TO DO WHAT? IT IS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE. ERIN IF IT’S NATURE YOU SEEK, IF IT’S ART, IF IT’S A SENSE OF COMMUNITY OR A NEED TO SEEK SELF REFLECTION IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS, THIS HIDDEN NEW HAMPSHIRE GEM HAS YOU COVERE >> BUT THERE’S A VERY, VERY GOOD SENSE OF SOLITUDE, COMMUNI LEARNING AND DISCOVERY AND BEING ABLE TO JUST BE THERE ON THEIR OWN. ♪