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What's Included
- Enjoy a half or full day sculpture workshop
- All materials and safety equipment provided
- Complimentary hot and cold drinks
- All workshops are available as a half day (3 hour) or full day (6 hour) session
- A maximum of two students can be accommodated
- Your choice of the following workshops
Introduction to Soldering/Wire Forming
- Create small and micro wire sculptures made from copper based wire
- Learn how to form very accurate wire shapes using hand tools drawings and formers
- You will be taught how to solder the wire shapes together to form a 2 or 3 dimension wire sculpture
- Use an electric soldering iron and lead free solder
Introduction to Brazing/Bending
- Create a medium size wire sculpture using steel wire and 3mm steel rods
- Learn how to create accurate shapes using a desk top bending machine, drawings and templates
- Students will then be taught to Braze the shapes together using a mini gas/oxy torch to form a 2 or 3 dimensional steel sculpture
Introduction to Cold Blacksmithing/Welding
- Learn the basics of welding, tig , Mig and Arc and bending metal
- You will be taught how measure, cut and form a range of steel material, rod, tube and bar
- Shape and form your sculpture using a hand powered desk top bending machine
- Create curves and bends then weld together to form your 2D 3D sculpture
What Can I Expect
Metal and wire sculpture making workshops in Hampshire! Get seriously creative with these half and full-day courses to learn how to work different metals to make beautiful pieces of art.
From his Whitehill Bordon workshop, just off the historic highway between Petersfield and Farnham, Roger creates with and teaches about everything to do with soldering, bending and welding metals. He describes himself as ‘an artist, engineer, welder and dreamer', which goes a long way to explain his wonderfully intricate wire-sculpted dragonfly and fairies.
You will be invited to join Roger to learn the skills you want. Vouchers are valid for all the different workshops offered. That means you could be learning soldering and wire forming to create tiny dragonflies. Or you could be brazing and bending for a more robust offering. Or even learning to cold blacksmith and weld (both tig and arc) to create a 3D masterpiece of metal.
The sculpture workshop has everything needed to handle and manipulate the metal. From traditional hand-held tools and modern welding set ups, to a bending machine that can bend 16mm steel bars and 22mm steel tubes, Roger has all the kit!
What's great about these courses is that there will be a maximum of two students in the workshop. All teaching is geared to you and we love the fact that Roger is so generous with his knowledge. When we asked him if you really can learn to weld in a day he simply replied: ‘yes!'
So, roll your sleeves up and get ready to get stuck in, bending and soldering those wires and metal to shape your very own sculpture to take home with you.
Spending time with Roger in his sculpture workshop really is inspiring. His teaching, in whichever discipline you choose, will give you the confidence to start and succeed in your own metal projects. Buy your wire and metal sculpture workshop vouchers online from us now.
When Is It Available
- Weekdays and weekends throughout the year
- Dates and are subject to availability
Half Day
- Three hour session
- Sessions are available 10:00-13:00 or 13:00-16:00
Full Day
- Six hour session
- Sessions start at 10:00 finishing around 16:00
- Break for lunch (please bring a packed lunch)
Location
- Whitehill Bordon, Hampshire
Suitable For
- Minimum age 15 (13 for Introduction to soldering /wire forming)
- Under 18s must be accompanied on site by an adult
Spectators
- Not suitable for spectators
Anything Else
- Please wear boots, cotton/jean type trousers and long sleeved top for welding and brazing
- Please also bring your best reading glasses capable of reading 1mm text, a note book and pen and your phone to take pictures
Reviews
5 out of 5 stars
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