Hands on welding!!

Creative Practise 3 is now underway, starting with the construction of a larger `sail` sculpture! So with my preliminary drawings, I set off to Sinclair`s workshop to become an apprentice welder!

I had the pick of what metal I wanted to use from the workshops stores and with my artistic eyes on I choose an old, corroded piece of metal bar which(to me)was just beautiful but from a welding point of view was possibly the worst choice as welding requires nice and clean surfaces to adhere together?!!

My `tutor` 17 yr old Dylan showing me how to clean up the metals surface with a grinder.

My turn!!

After preparing the surface, shaping the metal bar and making some `lugs` from fencing staples its time to start welding them together!

Yes, its me `WELDING`

Finished result!!

I had a brilliant 2 days and was delighted with the outcome but I`m not sure that Sinclair`s will be employing me any time soon as a master welder(or even a basic one!)

Perhaps I should shift my attention to the `welders` fashion range, think it could do with a bit of a make over! LOL! 

For me and my CP it was important to learn the art of metal construction. Even in this short time my understanding and relationship with the materials has changed and is now feeding back into my CP ideas. Happy Days!!