Manifesto

MANIFESTO

Stepping into metal workshops, the only women present were often the ones on ‘titty’ calendars. Women, trans, and genderqueer people remain underrepresented in metalwork; welding being just one instance of a larger structural problem of opportunities being gate-kept by men.

The Feminist Welding Club, which I founded in 2024 in London, challenges gender stereotypes and disrupts the tropes of who is made to feel comfortable in the workshop. Through open welding sessions, and the community that forms around them, the club acts as both a resource and a statement — demystifying the ‘macho’ image of welding, and showing how it is in fact about confidence, precision, and patience.

For the Feminist Welding Club, metalwork is more than a skill; it’s an opportunity for exchange, creativity, and community.

The club’s base is now in Vienna, but it is not tied to a single location — sessions take place in various places across Europe. Upcoming courses and events are listed on the sessions page. It is an open club, and anyone who aligns with its ethos is welcome to join.

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Feminist Welding Club was founded by Anna Zimmermann.
 Supported by: Fronius Austria, Messer Austria 
Photos © Anna Zimmermann

A page from the journal “Exercises in Welding,” where personal
reflections on the process of learning welding are intertwined
with sketches and notes.

Documenting welding practice as both a
technical exercise and an emotional exploration,
tracing fear, progress, and resilience.

Sketches for the exhibition “BREAK ROOM.” The ‘Break Room’ marks the
first iteration of the Feminist Welding Club and envisions
the club’s future break space. The scenographic installation challenges
the traditionally male-coded environments of metalworking.

This autoethnographic journal links observations
of welding with broader reflections on
feminism and craft.

MANIFESTO

Feminist Welding Club was founded by Anna Zimmermann.
 Supported by: Fronius Austria, Messer Austria 
Photos © Anna Zimmermann

(BOOK A WELDING SESSION)

A page from the journal “Exercises in Welding,” where personal reflections on the process of learning welding are intertwined with sketches and notes.

Documenting welding practice as both a technical exercise and an emotional exploration, tracing fear, progress, and resilience.

Sketches for the exhibition “BREAK ROOM.” The ‘Break Room’ marks the first iteration of the Feminist Welding Club and envisions the club’s future break space. The scenographic installation challenges the traditionally male-coded environments of metalworking.

This autoethnographic journal links observations of welding with broader reflections on feminism and craft.

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