Shaun Bean was In Sheffield, his father owned a fabrication shop that employed 50 people. After leaving school he started work at his father’s firm. Once a week, on day release, he attended Rotherham College of Arts and Technology to study welding. While at college, he came upon an art class, and decided to pursue his interest in art he later won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), But he never forgot what he learnt.

He recently purchased a welder form us to do some maintenance on his property and to make some artistic sculptures.