new dates: Fridays, May 10-June 28 | 5-8 pm

Instructor: Ian Blackmer

Learn to select, measure, mark, cut and prepare mild steel for welding, then join the pieces together through the Metal Inert Gas (MIG) wire feed welding process. During this eight week course students will become familiarized with working safely in an industrial shop setting. Students will learn and practice basic wire feed welding techniques as well as hand and power tool operation and apply those newly learned skills to the creative process. $90 Materials Fee applied at checkout.

Ian Blackmer is a technical high school career educator, welder, fabricator, and blacksmith. He has introduced many students - teenagers though adults - to the craft of cutting, heating, shaping and joining metal. After helping students develop their basic technical skills, Ian enjoys being a witness to the creative process and has been amazed by the work that emerges. Ian currently is exploring connections between formed metal, carved wood and stone, and glass. He is fascinated by the interplay of light, shadow and texture with hand and machine worked materials.