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Anna Zimmermann

Anna Zimmermann

The Feminist Welding Club

Name(s)

Anna Zimmermann

Website(s)

annazimmermann.eu

Instagram

@annazimmermann.eu

Employment

100% Independent, Vienna (A)

Education

Master, Royal College of Art, London (UK), 2024
Bachelor, Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven (NL), 2019

Title

The Feminist Welding Club

Year of creation

2024

Place of creation

London (UK)

Context of creation

Diploma, Master, Royal College of Art, London (UK), 2024
Personal

Collaborators
Item(s) shown

Table, stools, wall clock, calendar, jug, cups, vase 

Dimensions

Various 

Formats/Duration

Various 

Material(s)

Mainly aluminium and steel

Material supplier(s)

Stepping into metal workshops in times gone by, the only women present were often the ones on raunchy calendars. Women, along with 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, founded by the artist during her MA studies, 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. As the final outcome, the artist presented an installation: a model break room for the club. Every object had been welded by women, pieces in steel were made by club participants, and the pieces in aluminium were welded by Zimmermann herself. In the Club, metalwork becomes more than a skill; it becomes a space for exchange, creativity and community.

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