This was our 52nd course and a bonus one we laid on because all the other dates had sold out. Sandra and Michelle, both friends from Holmbridge came to our open studios event for Holmfirth Artweek last July and asked if we could do and extra course, so with Arthur and Nigel joining later we had our full cohort of students. Sandra and Michelle were both in my room and had never welded before but they didn’t let that curb their enthusiasm, full of ideas they launched into making garden sculptures once I’d shown them how to weld. Sandra made a dragonfly, mole head, cat face and a flower made from spoons whereas Michelle made a series of flowers, some Rudbeckia like, others a bit more like poppies. Arthur started out making a hare from steel plate then another version of a hare using steel rod whereas Nigel made a couple of pieces inspired by his love of cycling and then a dished bowl from a piece of steel plate. The weather was lovely all weekend so we sat outside on the picnic benches at dinnertimes and enjoyed a break from all the activity. As I said earlier all this years dates are sold out but we sometimes get cancellations so if you want to go on our waiting list just drop me an email.