Metals – Spring Concentration
March 2 – April 25, 2025 (8 Weeks)

Adam Whitney
Persuading Metal

Explore the art of metalworking in this immersive workshop. Students will learn fundamental hammering techniques and then advance to creating intricate designs through raising, shaping, chasing, and repoussé. Engaging presentations will delve into holloware’s rich history. Individual guided projects will culminate in personalized pieces that showcase proficiency in metal manipulation. Specific techniques will include angle raising, Dutch raising, crimping, sinking, snarling, soldering, fabrication, and tool making. We will work with a variety of nonferrous metals and, as individual budgets permit, silver. Instruction will include how to protect your body, but students should expect to do a lot of hammering. This workshop will combine creativity with technique, providing students with a comprehensive skillset in metalcraft and holloware artistry. All levels. Lower metals studio.

Studio artist; teaching: Penland, School of Arts & Crafts Santo Domingo (Colombia), Appalachian Center for Crafts (TN), Pocosin Arts NC), Metalwerx (NC); special projects realized for Harvard Art Museum (MA) and Getty Museum (CA); representation Penland Gallery.

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Scholarship application deadline is August 15.
Regular enrollment begins October 2.