IRON-R18 is an iron-casting project directed and developed by artist & CIT/CCAD lecturer James L Hayes in association with CIT Crawford College of Art & Design and National Sculpture Factory and facilitated through funding from the Arts Office at Cork City.

This third iteration of the Iron-R project since its inception in 2012, which was held in collaboration with US based artists and educators Tamsie Ringler and Rian Kerrane, allowed experimetnation with 3D printed PLA models and their introduction into the casting process.