Design Your Own Decorative Garden Trellis with Jacqueline – September 2026
Intermediate Art Welding
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Use basic welding skills to create your own garden trellis. Prerequisite: A beginning workshop like Zoo 101 or Springy Dog or Cat.
Tuition covers 4 hours of instruction during the daytime to be scheduled a week in advance with the instructor and student.
In this tutorial, students will learn how to safely operate a MIG welder, make tack welds, design a custom trellis, bend and cut metal, and use an angle grinder. We'll start with a basic garden trellis armature and stylize from there with vines, leaves, flowers, birds and more – all based on your vision.
What's Included:
- 4-hours of instruction and metal shop time
- Project samples
- All consumables and tools
- Personal protection equipment (PPE)
- One-on-one or two-on-one instruction
What’s Not Included
- Lab fees apply. Every student project is different in size, gauge and complexity, so the cost of metal is not included in the price of this tutorial. Your design choices determine the final cost metal.
- Add on decorations, such as metal leaves, flowers, birds and dragon flies that have been precision cut by PDX Artisan Metal Fabrication.
- Work time that runs over the included four hours. Extra time is available at a nominal fee by appointment.
Important Note:
Please wear only cotton, wool or leather. Synthetics melt to your skin when the sparks fly.
About the Instructor:
Metal sculptor Jacqueline Sowell is a tech-world defector, trading her career in the software industry for a life of making things with her hands and enjoying the community of her students and fellow artisans. As a Master Gardener, trellis and garden privacy screen design are passions of hers.
Jacqueline splits her time between creating animal sculptures, including commissioned pet portraits, and helping other metalworkers achieve their goals through CNC cutting services and welding workshops.