The space I am cultivating is exclusively run by, managed and filled with women: female instructor, assistant, studio manager, as well as female students. The significance of this gender-specific space stems from my own history of metalworking, welding, and fabrication courses run exclusively by men and for men, where in which I have more often than not felt disempowered, undervalued, or left out.
By cultivating a female-exclusive space, it is my intention to empower the women involved, granting them permission to turn to one another, ask for help, give assistance, and utilize one another’s skills and abilities without giving up or losing their own power. This course is intended to be an in depth overview of metal fabrication and welding techniques. The skills you will learn in this course could enable you to design, create and install incredible art on the paddock, allow you to upskill in an area that nourishes and enriches a practice already in place, or simply encourages you to make wicked yard art. Whatever your intention is with this course, know that it is welcome and encouraged. Currently we run a weekend intensive as well as private one on one lessons. We cover the following:
- Safety overview, warehouse and studio tour, tool and component indepth overview.
- Metal alteration and power tools: cutting, shaping, grinding, drilling.
- Hand power tools and table-mounted power tools.
-Cold joining techniques.
- MIG welding: safety overview, "how it works", welding basics & patterns, joining metals (butt, T, angle)
- Clean up! In addition to the course sessions, students have the opportunity to utilize the warehouse outside of class time. It is encouraged that you come at least once a week and practice your skills, work on your projects, and generally take up the challenge and benefits of being self-reliant. This is how you will get the most out of the course, by applying all that you’ve learned in our class sessions.
