I finished my sign a few weeks ago – there are a couple of photos on flickr.  Here’s a quick shot my friend took, which gets the general idea across.  It’s a little hard to read the chicken with the silver car behind it. It’s a heavy bugger between the weight of the 3/16″ steel plate that is the background and all of the nails.

I really enjoyed my welding class.  Denise made the class so enjoyable, and she’s always ready to teach you the next step when you feel ready.  It was intimidating at first, but once I got into my project, I could really lose myself.  I found it to be a good meditation, like running, knitting, and biking.  I liked it so much, I have signed up for her class in fall again.  There’s already a waiting list, but I think I’m high enough on the list that I should get in.  If I don’t for some reason, then I’ll look at taking a class at the Community College.

Our good friend’s girlfriend is a metal artist in the Columbia River Gorge, and I can’t wait to travel up there again and check out her shop.  I’m sure she can teach me a few things, if she’s up for it.  You can view her work at www.kellyphipps.com – she’s so talented!