Introduction to Artistic Welding

Three ways to spark your creativity - one unforgettable experience

Step into the studio and explore the art of welding through hands-on workshops designed for absolute beginners and creative adventurers alike. Whether you’ve got just a few hours, one full day, or an entire weekend, you’ll learn to safely cut, weld, and shape steel into your own original sculpture.

4 Hour Workshop

Curious about artistic welding?

Dip your toe into the world of metal sculpture with Sculpt in Steel — a 4-hour, hands-on intro designed for absolute beginners and creative explorers alike.

In this fast-paced session, you’ll learn the basics of MIG welding and plasma cutting, get comfortable with key tools, and create your own custom outdoor woodpecker sculpture to take home.

It’s the perfect way to try welding, spark a new hobby, or simply spend a creative afternoon making something real.

 Try it in 4 hours

One Day Workshop

Looking for a creative challenge?

This focused, fast-paced workshop packs the essentials of welding and metal sculpture into a single creative day. You’ll learn the core skills of MIG welding, cutting, bending, and shaping metal — plus how to use every tool safely and confidently.

With a variety of projects to choose from and a small class size, you’ll get hands-on time, one-on-one guidance, and time to create and finish a welded sculpture to take home by the end of the day.

 Join the One Day Class

Weekend Workshop

Ready for a deeper dive?

Spend two full days in the studio and immerse yourself in welding and sculpture from start to finish. You’ll learn MIG welding, cutting, grinding, and shaping techniques, beginning with a small practice project before choosing one of four original sculpture designs to bring to life.

With just four students per class, you’ll have plenty of personal guidance and creative freedom. By Sunday afternoon, you’ll head home with your own finished sculpture — and a solid foundation in metalwork.

 Make it a Weekend

Which one's right for you?

If you want to...
Try welding and see if it sparks your interest, create a small piece
4-Hour Workshop
Spend a full creative day, explore welding, make a sculpture
One-Day Workshop
Dive deep and explore multiple techniques, finish a more complex sculpture
Weekend Workshop
Rich Baker - Professional Wildlife Metal Sculptor

In the Studio

Located in Harrington, Ontario - just 2 hours from Toronto and 30 minutes from London. See on a map.

  • With years of experience, seasoned wildlife sculptor Rich Baker guides you as you create. Take home your own, hand-crafted sculpture.

  • Learn alongside fellow creatives in a working sculpture studio - sharing ideas and inspiration. Test out a few of Rich's hammers too!

  • Beginner-friendly, supportive, inclusive, and hands-on, our small classes start with safety and tool operation before unleashing you and your creativity!

  • Thanks to our partnership with Lincoln Electric Canada, enjoy access to the best welders, plasma cutters, and safety equipment. 

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Rich Baker and the Artistic Welding Classes are sponsored in part by Lincoln Electric Canada. A world leader in design and manufacture of arc welding products. lincolnelectric.com

The Studio

Where the heck is Harrington? Closer than you think!