Billy and I have just completed another course and this one was very easy going with four new, novice students learning to weld then creating their own unique pieces of art to take away with them on the Sunday evening. Mick came with his own pile of junk metal he’d collected from his walks around his hometown of Leeds. He assembled steel and aluminium bits into a mythical creature which will take pride of place in his garden. Neil came all the way from Norfolk with no idea what to make and was just happy to play it by ear. Settling on making something for his garden, once we’d got him to slow down and not rush the welding he went on to make a great owl from a fire extinguisher with golf club wings. Beverley found it hard to make a start at first as she kept getting lost in collecting just the right pieces for her flower and bird but then got right into it and made two great pieces of work. Lastly Rachel brought her old sketchbook with her and chose a seahorse from it to make from a mix of old and new bits of steel. The scaled up finished piece, complete with it’s base to make it stand up was a lovely piece of sculpture for someone who’d never welded before. All our dates for this year are fully booked, good for us but not for you if you fancied having a go yourself so if you want to go on our waiting list for next year’s dates just email me.