Welding Photo Gallery: Welded Metal Sculpture Contest, 2005
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Pictures of the Welded Metal Sculpture Contest at ICC, 2005. A special thanks to everyone for their time and effort in making the 2005 contest a success.

Using the band saw.

Steve Flinn (left) and Jack Dall (right) help keep the contest moving along.

The IBEW “Piper” is just about complete.

Mindy Feldman of Morton Metal Craft helped us receive a steel donation. Thank you very much.

The mountain scene is ready for the water falls.

The team from the IBEW decide how to lay out the seaweed for their ocean art work.

Selecting just the right material for “bird of prey”.

Welding work being done on the turtle seascape.

The early stages of this piece the won the award for “best technique”.

Hard at work on their sculpture.

The team from Carl Sandburg College start bending steel from their art work.

The Carl Sandburg College team finishing up the piecethat won Best of Show.

Artists starting to cut steel for their art work.

The “bird of prey” is about ready to take flight.

Finishing up the Turtle for the Sea Scape.

Two different teams at work.

A team with their sculpture.

Starting to weld.