1. THE LIFE OF A ‘FEMALE’ METALWORKER | Not a nepo baby

People love to say ‘in this day and age’ as though human progression is linear and not messy and incremental like us. I do think it is a shame that in this day and age to be a ‘female’ metalworker interested in fabrication, construction and machinery is seen as radical. I love driving a forklift or a cherry picker or sitting on top of a huge metal sculpture. I was the first female to gain a forklift license in the history of a company I worked for. That was so exciting although I did have to endure a few hours of lessons where an ex military person shouted CHICANE repeatedly at me whilst I ran over tiny cones.