Donald Dawson is a blacksmith fabricator, metal artist, restorer and metalwork teacher who creates art and restores metal treasures—family heirlooms, vintage and heritage pieces. He also teaches fabrication and welding to people from 6 to 90+ years old. For 22 years as an Electrical Engineering Technician at UBC in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Donald worked on research projects and taught faculty and students. He is a certified Red Seal Journeyman, trained in machining, blacksmithing, architectural model building, theatre props building, and cabinetmaking, and spent years restoring the heritage steam towboat "SS Master." Donald believes in "getting rid of our throwaway society." To that end, call Donald at 604-910-6427 if you have a family keepsake or precious item you want to save and repair. Restoration is art.