Beginner level Make a sculpture for your home or garden while learning to TIG weld safely and with confidence. You will cut, bend and shape steel straps around a stone. Weld the steel to encase the stone and mount it on a steel rod with more welding. TIG stands for Tungsten Inert Gas. This type of welding bonds metal to metal without the use of rods, sticks or wire feeds.Local artist Greg Kraft covers welding safety and introduces concepts of sculptural design. Students should wear long sleeved cotton shirts, jeans or heavy-duty work pants, closed toe leather shoes or boots. Bring leather work gloves and a stone about the size of your fist. Wear a long sleeved cotton shirt, jeans or heavy-duty work pants, closed toe leather shoes or boots. Bring leather work gloves if you have them and your creativity. Tuition includes supplies. Instructor provides TIG welder, welding helmets, safety glasses, power tools and gloves and stones (if you do not have them).

Beginner level Learn about TIG welding while making an iron fish from a horseshoe. The iron fish may be used as a trivet, door stop or wall art. It may be combined with another horseshoes for a cellphone holder/charging station. TIG stands for Tungsten Inert Gas, a type of welding that bonds metal to metal without the use of rids, sticks or wire feeds.Local artist Greg Kraft covers welding safety and introduces concepts of sculptural design. Tuition includes supplies. Instructor provides TIG welder, welding helmets, safety glasses, power tools and gloves. (If you do not have them).