Toxic Heavy Metal Remediation in Sculptors Workshop
Working on my public art commission with the help of a family-owned machine shop, I witnessed a young father teaching his 5 or 6-year-old daughter how to Tungsten-electrode, Inert Gas (TIG) weld steel. It is not easy to handle “the magic wand” of a TIG torch. The TIG uses a high frequency electric arc, glowing …