Over the weekend Billy (David Mayne or as I learnt he was called at school -Mayno) ran our 49th course with Craig, Peter and Helen. We only had three students this time as someone dropped out at the last minute but that didn’t matter, in fact it made it easier for us all to get to grips with Craigs sculpture and roll it out on the workshop floor. Craig brought a paper maquette along with him and we toyed with the idea of making a half size version then just thought what the hell, we’ll make the full size one instead. It involved a lot of intricate marking out (he was a retired engineer after all) and laser cutting then after the group effort to get it into the right shape on my workshop floor we put it on a base and left it to rust outside overnight. He went on to make an engineering inspired wall piece on the second day and just managed to fit them in his car at the end of the course. Peter went to school with Billy so after a lot of reminiscing he got to work and made an abstract ‘dog’ and then a tree for his garden. He came along with his wife Helen and she made an abstract garden piece based around a stack of different sized cubes. All three students had never welded before and took home some really lovely pieces of sculpture they’d made themselves, with a bit of our guidance. Thanks as ever to Professor Billy who I run the course with at Sculpture Lounge. We’ve got one course left for this year and it’s got one space free on it, so if you want to have a go just get in touch.