Fire Lab

Fire Lab

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Strengthening community and celebrating creativity through woodfire cooking and the fire arts. from the founders and visionaries,
Luis Laya and James Payne.

Fire Lab has a burning desire to build a local community around food, art, and custom wood-fired equipment. Using the age-old tradition of open fire cooking, Fire Lab aims to deepen our cultural ties by creating culinary experiences that unite communities through the entertainment and education of culturally diverse cooking styles.

03/21/2026

Recently completed a unique mold-making project with . We created these rubber production molds for the ceramic slip casting process. The rubber block molds in the photo will be filled with plaster to create working production molds which will be filled with liquid clay then drained to leave a hollow casting of a semi truck that will function as a coin bank ! Do you have an idea that we can help bring to life through sculpting and mold making? design

01/07/2026

2026 Let’s Gooo!

11/14/2025

stopped in to give a talk at Miami University and had dinner at Carmagnola in Hamilton where I was commissioned to create a wood fire grill for the kitchen . Got a shout out for in this little video of the tour! 🇺🇸

Photos from Fire Lab's post 09/17/2025

Finished up the molds for these two architectural liners ! Next step is to dry the plaster out so we can start running some tests.

09/16/2025

Casting plaster , two parts one pour .

09/15/2025

Starting out the week with some plaster mold making for reproducing a few rare Louis Sullivan Terra cotta originals. Sullivan was an architect till he passed in 1924. He was known as the “father of skyscrapers” He was also a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright. These molds will be used to create new pieces for a special project incorporating his style into a new Terra Cotta facade.

09/11/2025

09/09/2025

Had a great time bringing the out to play with and his excellent team to create an impressive 5 course meal from the fires . Cheers🔥🔥🔥

Photos from Fire Lab's post 07/21/2025

I have some openings in my schedule for a few special commissions!! Working in metal stone wood and glass indoor and outdoor functional or sculptural . Now’s the time ! LETS GOOO !! -making

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