Practical Welding Today - January/February 2012

and it’s seemed to work very well for me
throughout the years.”
Soldering and oxyacetylene weld-
ing might be considered a little old-
fashioned and more labor-intensive, but
Cox finds joy in the creative process and
not necessarily the end product.

Defining Art

Committed to learning more about art, Cox enrolled in a general art class at RCCC and, in turn, has seen an increase in the number of art students who take the elective welding class that he teaches. This collision of worlds, so to speak, has opened his eyes to the similarities between his life’s work in motorsports fabrication and his hobbyist metal art endeavors. Both require a creative mind, an eye for detail, metalworking experience, and the ability to take dissimilar components and transform them into aesthetically pleasing objects.