canyouactually.com: Welding art is truly an art, I mean seriously, scroll through these pictures below and you’ll instantly get want I’m talking about.
Even if you don’t like welding or have absolutely no interest in it it’s hard not to be impressed by these incredible welds.
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Oh, my gosh! These are just beautiful! I never knew that welding art was even a thing, but wow am I so impressed by all these pictures of it I just saw. I've dabbled a little in welding (I don't know what kind; the one with the weird little filament wire thing), and I never got super into it, as is obvious by my complete lack of knowledge regarding the terms. I think it's so interesting to take something that is used for practicality purposes and turn it into an art form. Actually, I do believe that traditional welding is an art form in its own practical sense, but this "welding art" takes the practicality out of it entirely and makes it just about creativity having fun. Perhaps, if a project like this doesn't already exist, a welding class and an art class should make a crossover here at CMU!
Welding seems like such a simple task to me. However, I know it is exactly the opposite. I have experience with soldering and same with that I thought it was going to be fun and easy but it was not at all. I have never attempted to weld anything before but I will want to try it out one day. I know Carnegie Mellon University offers welding classes, and I think I would be willing to take one if it fits into my schedule. The reputation that it gets is like hard core metal work that is very difficult and only big strong people can do it, but this article showing all the beautiful intricate designs and weldings make it seem like another medium of art. I am curious how welding started to become a actual thing. Like when was the first piece of metal welded and how was that discovered.
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I know very little about welding, but even I can appreciate how beautiful each welding piece looks in this article. It is quite obvious how much detail must go into each design and it pays off when viewing these pictures. Something I never really paid attention to with welding was just how much rainbow is in the metal. Seeing the use of the rainbow being applied to each design made each picture unique in its own way and visually interesting to look at. If you look closely, you can see tiny patterns within the welding areas that give the whole piece more details to pick up on and appreciate. Ever since coming to Carnegie Mellon, I have gotten a strong interest into learning how to welding and seeing the possibilities of what I am capable of creating, it only increases my desire to join the class and admire those who already know how.
Welding is an art form in the technical sense as is, but these people took it to the next level. Welding isn’t all that hard, for the most part you just need two pieces of metal to stick together and most welds will do. However, there are the people who take pride in welding and make it look good and these are quality welds done by quality welders. The art shown in this article is one step further than most are willing to go. It is just so beautifully done. I am a really big fan of the weld art that produced here and while I am not a fan of the creation figures like Darth Vader and the chameleon, they are still quite impressive. I particularly enjoyed the welding next to each other of long complimenting color welds. All in all, many of these welds likely hold up to the needs of what is required but they look just that much better.
There is nothing quite like admiring really well done welding. In all of these cases the welds are so strikingly beautiful it really shows what an artform that it can become at this level of expertise. I think one of the things that I would love to understand further is the ability to control the discoloration of the metal due to the varying amount of heat. For some reason I can not fully explain I think what makes a lot of these welds so striking are the beautiful color associated with them and the control it took to accomplish that. It goes to show how much practices and hours are spent be individuals who are capable of work like this. I think it would be really interesting to have a sort of experimentation with materials and different materials to see the different types of coloration it was possible to create but of course welding in our industry hardly ever necessitates knowledge like that. We for most things are using MIG welding as if it is metal hot glue and it works for us but if anything I think it makes me appreciate seeing the high level of skill that can be brought to the practice of welding.
As many have noted welding is just as much an art as it is a science. When it is done right, it can look absolutely stunning. Not only do I admire the welds that serve purely an aesthetic purpose in these photos, I am absolutely blown away by the structural welds created that still look beautiful. It is the parallel to a well planned and executed woodworking joint. Sure, there are many ways to join two pieces of wood, but it takes years and years to master it as an artform rather than just a tool. In addition to that, there was a great video done on weld.com about this very topic, and they bring on one of these 'weld artists' to talk about what he did to achieve certain looks by varying gasses, speeds, and materials. We only scratch the surface of welding technologies in our industry, but I think that welding can open up an unbelievable door in the sculpture and visual art world for someone who is interested in it.
These pieces are simply incredible. Wow. Welding is such an intense and interesting craft, that takes such precision and skill in order to accomplish works like these. I have only had one true experience with welding, and it went smoother than expected but it was an incredibly simple task and I can tell you that there is a large learning curve. It took me an embarrassingly large amount of practice in order to complete, so I have an insane amount of respect and awe for each one of the pieces featured in this article. I think welding is a severely underrepresented and undervalued skill and art form, and it is important to share articles like this one in order to inform people of the crazy amazing work of some people out there in the world. There are so many unique art forms that make up the crazy world of theatre, and it’s so interesting to dive into them as separate entities.
I never learned how to weld, so I think that these are even more stunning because I just don't understand how it was made. There is something so artistic about these pieces and the way that the welders put so much time and energy into making them perfect, making sure all the metal is the same color, even with the varying levels of heat, and creating something truly beautiful out of what once was just a bit of steel. I think welding is such a cool art form to be incorporated in theatre and that is why I'm so glad I get to go to CMU where they teach welding and us either in their shows. I think that each of these artists has such an incredible control over this material, it makes for something truly magnificent. I think this art form has the ability to really take up the quality of a piece. Hooray for welding!!
Okay I am going to be honest. I never knew that those different colors in the designs are done by welding. I always thought of welding as just the joining of two metals, not a necessarily decorative art. In fact, "Webster's dictionary defines wedding as ‘the fusing of two metals with a hot torch"(Michael Scott, The Office). I'm sorry I had to. Again, that quote goes into my early understanding of what welding is. Unfortunately, Michael Scott never said anything about how welding can lead to colorful products. Scientifically, it makes sense why those colors would appear like that, but it still was never really something that crossed my mind. I especially love the spiral works that are done by repeating different colored patterns. The ones of faces such as Minions and Iron Man are also extremely impressive.
Wow! I had no idea that welding could be turned into an art form. I have always seen welding as being used for practical uses such as to join pieces of metal in a car, but never before to create art. I love how the welding process creates different colors in the metal like the bright blue color that you can see in several of the images. Welding is a very tactile form of art. There are a lot of different textures and grooves in the metal. My favorite piece from the article is the sculpture of the man welding that is carved out of the giant metal column. I can not imagine how much time that must have taken to make such a detailed piece! It is very well done. I would love to learn how to weld at some point. I think it is a really useful skill to know.
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