In the past couple of weeks I have discovered TRUE LOVE…
yes – it’s welding.
I am currently on the AA2A (artist’s access to Art college) scheme at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. This gives 100 hours of access to equipment and technical help and is a really brilliant opportunity.
With the availablity of equipment that I have never had and am unlikely to have again, I am compelled to make the most of everything and HAD to have a go with the plasma cutter and the MIG welding machines. I have endeavoured to approach this somewhat intimidating equipment with the same principles that I apply to working with discarded clothing and old rollerskates.
In contrast to my usual pace of work, welding offers an immediacy and what feels like a greater commitment, that I have not experienced before. Somehow it just seems so much more serious to be working like this. Which is something that seems appropriate when returning to crosstitch.
