Oxyacetylene torches also require flux materials which are added during welding to prevent the metal oxidising. (newscientist.com)
Lassaw joined the Kootz Gallery's stable of artists, and the first sale of his sculptures in 1950 enabled him to buy equipment for oxyacetylene welding, which he began to use for sculpture in 1951. (michaelrosenfeldart.com)
In the early 1950s, Cousins learned oxyacetylene welding from sculptor Shinkichi Tajiri, and his art developed from figurative forms in terracotta and wood, to works that incorporated more and more metal, and finally, to abstractions of welded steel. (michaelrosenfeldart.com)