Brenda Stredwick, the owner/operator of Iron Maiden Welding LLC art studio in Belgrade, Montana, is an established welder, teacher, and artist. Brenda has been welding since the age of eight years old after her dad decided she would be better off learning the trade instead of being underfoot! By the time she was a teenager, Brenda was transforming those welding skills into art. She has been creating metal art professionally since 1997.