Hey There Future Welders!
There is a little bit of preparation for you class, please read the following;
The total cost of class is $225:
South Seattle & North Seattle students have paid the tuition fee of $155 and owe a $70 due day one.
Experimental College students and those who signed up directly with Mimi owe both the $155 tuition and &70 material fee for a total of $225 due day one of class.
Personal Safety Requirements;
+ fully Leather or suede shoes or boots
+ Leather or suede gloves. These can be a specialty MIG welding gloves or a pair of gardening gloves. It is better to have your gloves a bit tight than loose. The stereotypical thick leather gauntlet type welding gloves are not necessary and in fact get in your way – don’t bring ’em.
+ Please wear long pants, no cut offs, frayed hems or cuffed pants
+Long sleeve shirt & jacket or sweatshirt for warmth is needed
+ All outer clothing should be leather or a heavy woven natural fabric such as heavy work shirts or jacket of canvas, denim or a heavy cotton duck). (T-shirt weight knit cotton does not give you proper spark protection, however heavy cotton old style sweat-shirts weight cotton are fine. Sparks tend to bounce off natural fabrics…..but can melt into synthetics, and you have to wait as they cool down but are still melted to your clothes….right next to your skin….ouch! Wear expendable clothes, sparks may damage your clothes and metal can be greasy.
+ The studio is unheated and not air-conditioned: dress appropriately!….. it can get very cold or very hot. Wear layers!
+Long hair should be tied back
+Reading Glasses are important, this is close up work. If you own a pair bring them to class. Progressive lenses can be visually confusing for some people so a bifocal or single magnification lens is recommended.
Food & Water;
+No running water, bring something to drink. Bring food for a 15 minute sustenance break. I have a microwave and there may be room in the fridge.
Directions: 3600 E. Marginal Way S. Studio #17 Seattle WA 98134
Studio Steel is about 2 miles south of Downtown Seattle. It is directly under the West Seattle Bridge; two blocks west of 1st Ave S at the corner of E Marginal Way S & S. Spokane St. Look for the Blue-green warehouse. You may park under the viaduct across from the studio.
Enter through the North East Gate on Spokane Street (not the loading dock behind the chain link fence). Walk down the gravel driveway and through the yellow doors.
Your best bet is to look up driving directions. Print out a Map! Searches for directions on the web and on GPS seem to leave something out about 25% of the time which can take you down the wrong streets. Beware that the Alaska Way Viaduct, Spokane st. viaduct and The west Seattle Bridge all converge overhead while my studio is at ground level.
Take a printed out map with you, so you won’t be the 25% driving in circles!