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Pamela Olin of IL sees welding as an art form and the torch as her (eyeliner) brush. \u00a0With her unique perspective, and through a series of courses this fall, Olin is\u00a0going to get local women intersted in the world of welding.<\/p>\n

New classes seek to bring women into world of welding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published: 7\/13\/2009 12:02 AM
\nBy Alissa Groeninger | Daily Herald StaffContact writer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Arlington Heights resident Pamela Olin began welding 16 years ago when she was seven months pregnant with her second child.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I had ideas that I thought best expressed in steel,” she said.<\/p>\n

She soon became a nationally known welding artist, and beginning this fall, Olin will teach two classes at Harper College: “Welding for Women” and “Make Your Own Garden Structure.” Both are noncredit courses that will introduce women to the concepts of welding.<\/p>\n

Welding is a sculptural process that brings materials together, of which metal is the most commonly used.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO COURTESY ERIN BROOKS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“They can really create anything they can imagine,” Olin said. “My art projects don’t get shoved under the bed when they get home.”<\/p>\n

Olin, a first-time instructor at Harper, approached the department director about starting the classes after doing an independent study at the Palatine community college last spring. “She came in with a unique proposal,” said Scott Cashman, Harper’s continuing education manager.<\/p>\n

Cashman said he is excited the class will apply welding to the arts and believes it will be a nice addition to other three-dimensional art classes, like pottery.<\/p>\n

“It’s an aspect of art that I really wanted to be able to build on,” Cashman said, adding that such classes offer Harper students a more well-rounded education.<\/p>\n

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