Solder Sculpting
with Alice Foster Zimmerman

Taking decorative soldering to the next level, Alice will teach you how to build things using soldering techniques that allow you to control the solder in ways you didn't know were possible. Alice began sculpting with 60/40 solder about 20 years ago when she applied hands - more like claws - to hold large marbles in "marblescopes." From there she turned to dragons, turtles, geckos and a wide range of critters and other items.

The techniques are simple and easy to learn and by using step-by-step instructions for building, anyone can become a sculptor. In this class we will be building a turtle. Although we probably will not finish our project but we will come close enough that taking it home and finishing there will be possible without further instruction. When teaching this project to your own students Alice reccomends that it be a two-day workshop.

As a workshop this is a proven money-maker. It has the potential to sell solder, foil, flux, nuggets and a variety of other things. It is an easy class to teach and with the sales that go along with it, the perfect workshop for the retailer.

The class will follow the same steps that you would teach in your own shop and you should take home the skills, ability and handouts necessary to set up the class in your shop.

Solder sculpting is relaxing, fun and taps each individuals creativity. Sometimes we even scratch the surface and find a natural sculptor underneath, that we didn't even know was there.

A turtle is just the beginning and opens the door to all sorts of projects that can be "built" using soldering tools and 60/40 solder.

It will be necessary for students to do some homework prior to this class. Instructions for the homework and a list of materials will be emailed to you after you have enrolled. It is important that you finish the homework in order to allow time in class to accomplish everything we need to do. I'll explain everything in the email you'll receive after you register.

Alice opened her retail store in 1978, and cleverly named it Alice's Stained Glass. She semi-retired by closing the retail doors in 1998.