Newbie to this site

[dblcorona]

Hello,
I am interested in welded sculpture. It has been an ongoing interest to me. I teach welding and metallurgy at a community college and am looking into building a few classes that deal with the techniques that someone would need to get into welded sculpure. I hope to get some ideas and keep up with what is happening out there.

[Araich]

Hey Kevin, welcome onboard, feel free to chim in on any discussions...

[sculptorsam]

Welcome, Kevin. It's always good to have another educated opinion around. And I agree with Araich, chim in any time you like. Or is that Chime? You never can tell with those Aussies!...

[JAZ]

Hi, Kevin,
Welcome to the group. Too bad our community college doesn't offer welding. You, and your students, are fortunate to have that kind of facility. Do you recommend a textbook to your students? What kind of work do you do yourself?
JAZ
www.joyceaudyzarins.com

[anne (bxl)]

hey Kevin, welcome!
shame you're so far, I would need some additional welding classes myself.

[warren01]

Hi Kevin (got me where they got your name), but anyway I am in Michigan too. Welcome and maybe we can share some ideas. So where in Michigan?

warren

[dblcorona]

I am at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn. Would like to hear from you. As far as a text book. Thats a good question. My classes that I teach are based in the trades and manufacturing. We use a basic welding technology book from GW publisher called Modern Welding. As far as text book for the art classes, I don't know. There is interest from some publishers about the classes that I'm developing, so being an author could be an exciting idea.

[obseq]

Welcome to you, Kevin!

How long have you been teaching?

If you have any examples of your own work, feel free to post them.

[dblcorona]

Been teaching for around 5 years part-time. Just came in as full-time faculty this fall. So know that the program and labs are mine, I get to arrange things to how I want them. I am quite the novice compared to alot of the people on this site, so until I feel a little more confident about my work, I will be participating through the written word. :)

[warren01]

Kevin, I sent you a PM, hope to hear from you.

warren