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I lowered the rod toward the piece of metal on the table in front of me. “Ready to weld,” I called. Then, louder, “Strike!” The welding rod was like a sparkler on steroids. Electricity shot from it, creating sparks that flew against my dark mask as I...

‘A great antidote to the sadness’ at Snow Farm craft school By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent,Updated April 28, 2021, 2:37 p.m. Email to a Friend A view of the campus of the Snow Farm Craft School in Williamsburg.Matthew Cavanaugh for The Boston Globe WILLIAMSBURG ­— On a Saturday in April, Thérèse Ebarb, an elder-law attorney from Long Island, bent over a potter’s wheel and coaxed a round bird feeder out of wet clay. “I’m a real beginner,” said Eba...