Part of the challenge was creating a smooth contour for sculptures like "Balloon Dog," in which 60 parts are welded to produce the round limbs and torso.
Card recently took up welding to create a giant hand sculpture for Adidas's eco-friendly Gr?ollection.
The pipe sections are joined by butt heat fusion welding to create the pipeline.
The spandrel plates were welded to the columns to create the modular pieces off-site at the fabrication shop.
Foils 0.1 mm thick were stamped and then laser welded together to create single bipolar plate assemblies with cooling channels.
The wall panels of each home are built using steel rebars that are welded together to create square mesh cages.
When Nevelson was developing her style, many of her artistic colleagues – Alexander Calder, David Smith, Theodore Roszak – were welding metal to create their large-scale sculptures.
His work is composed of recycled materials, like cooking utensils that he bends and welds together to create strange, abstract figures of musicians.
The Nvidia Shield, released earlier this year, is essentially a small Android tablet welded to a gamepad controller, creating effectively a portable Android-powered gaming console that can go toe-to-toe with the likes of Nintendo and Sony's dedicated mobile gaming hardware.
A related process, plasma arc welding, uses a slightly different welding torch to create a more focused welding arc and as a result is often automated.
The plan was to drape the base with 2,000 clear prismatic glass panels and welded aluminum screens to create, in the words of the architect, "a dynamic, shimmering glass surface".
