Welding for Artists Course

Recent reviews of Welding for Artists Course

• 5/5 from Anthony Woods, attended Dec 2024: The trainer, Silvania, was fantastic. From explaining H&S through to welding skills, grinding tips and ideas for future projects.Lovely Trainer, Lovely group of people on the course.If you are thinking of trying welding, you wont go wrong with this course.
• 5/5 from Chris, attended Dec 2024: Really enjoyed the course and learned a great deal.
• 5/5 from Chris Bas, attended Dec 2024: Great course, good company, great location with views over the river. Excellent teacher Silvina, personal, helpful and experienced.
• 5/5 from Chris Townsend, attended Dec 2024: What a fabulous 3 days. Within the hour of starting we were all melting metal. We rapidly explored cutting, bending, grinding, polishing and mig, and for those who wanted it, stick welds. Silvina is a smooth, confident and cheerful facilitator and she kept us safe and motivated with short team tasks on the first day and individual projects on the following 2 days. It was tiring, but it was the well earnt sort of tiring! We all left with a 'something we made' that captured the mistakes then successes of our move from novice to welding with so much more confidence.Thank you to all involved
• 5/5 from Hamish Kemp, attended Dec 2024: Just completed the 3 day metal work/ welding for artists. Brilliantly run course. Ive How done 4 courses at this sculpture workshop. This must be the most challenging to run in terms of the equipment used welders, angle grinders, plasma cutters but the tutor handled it extremely well. She was professional, helpful, knowledgeable and her experience shone through. Ive come away from the course feeling much more confident in welding, much more knowledgeable about the equipment all around, a much greater appreciation of what you can do with the materials and the special character the material brings to sculpture. Really worthwhile course for anyone interested.
• 5/5 from Jack Oar, attended Dec 2024: The Welding for Artists workshop at the London Sculpture Workshop was one of the best learning experience I've ever had! The space was very well equipped and our trainer Sylvania was very knowledgeable and facilitating. Health and Safety procedures were always adhered to and every question was answered!Having completed the workshop I now feel very confident to continue welding on my own, though I definitely want to book another course to learn more. Very highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Kirsty Boazman, attended Dec 2024: An outstanding tutor in Sylvian (probably misspelt). She brought creativity, humour, patience & expertise which allowed our group to get on with learning how to work with all the machinery in the very well-equipped workshop. A tremendous experience!
• 5/5 from Nicky Collins, attended Dec 2024: Brilliant. Attended three day workshop led by Silviana with five other people. At the start I had felt a bit anxious about the welding and using the angle grinder, but left feeling almost like a pro! You get stuck in straight away and it only gets better. Silviana is enthusiastic and cares about you learning and doing well. Food at cafe at Climbing wall was good, as was the Art Cafe although was shut on weekend.
• 5/5 from Sam Harvey, attended Dec 2024: I had a fabulous 3 days learning with Silvina. We were all different and Silvina allowed us to learn and create our own thing. The guidance and support was perfect. Thank you
• 5/5 from Lucie Gledhill, attended Dec 2024: Really enjoyed it, really playful and creative course
• 5/5 from Isabelle Tracy, attended Dec 2024: This course was excellent. The tutor got us working safely straight away, and then increased our awareness of Health & Safety as the course went on, rather than starting off with ALL of the H&S things you have to think about when working with metal & machinery & electricity & molten mild steel! Why does that matter - well, because arc welding & angle grinders chucking out sparks & the like can look very intimidating, and this was a great way to build confidence to work safely first, rather than spending a couple of hours on all the H&S considerations, which were brought in as we went along. The tutor always expected more of us, so we would get more out of the course - "Do it again" - so we did. I had had 1 introductory go at welding before, & been a bit timid with it - not after this. Strongly recommend.
• 5/5 from Jack Houghton, attended Dec 2024: Definitely worthwhile three days, the tutor Silvina Soria is an exceptionally well qualified artist/sculptor, dont make the same mistake as I did just take a look at her achievements C/V before attending the course. Met a number of really interesting people on the course. Having stick welded in the past Silvina certainly improved my capabilities and given me confidence to complete a number of metal sculptures in my own workshop. Although the workshop is well-equipped the lack of welfare facilities was disappointing.
• 5/5 from Kevin Basnett, attended Mar 2024: Great fun. Plenty of support from a very enthusiastic, interested and encouraging tutor in Silvina. Good selection of materials and good kit and facilities. I was allowed to get on with my project in my own way with my own ideas with free range of the kit and materials but Silvina was always on hand, when required, to provide materials and kit and to sort out my mistakes. I learnt a great deal and came away with the knowledge and also anartefact that has lifted the bar in respect of my own efforts at home. Many thanks indeed.
• 5/5 from Chana, attended Dec 2023: Teacher was fantastic for what was offered and in 3 days only. Gave me a lot of confidence to try it out on my own machine at home. She seemed to really be passionate about welding and it shows with how she taught us to be creative not only with the project itself, but with the tools to support our vision.