Unlock the artistic potential of sheet metal!

MAY 20-22 | 3-DAY (MON-WED)
Metal Shaping: Fundamental Sheet Metal Forming & Welding Techniques
Instructor: Carl Auböck V

Unique workshop opportunity! Exclusive to only 8 participants, this 3-day workshop is unlike any other we have offered before. Carl Auböck V, a fifth-generation metalsmith, is traveling from Vienna, Austria to share his expertise in sheet-metal forming and welding. Learn how to shape, weld, and sand aluminum into seamless forms suitable for everything from sculpture to automotive parts.

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Our office will be closed on Friday, March 29.

From November through April, our team frequently works remotely.

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Select from workshops ranging from half-day to five days in Blacksmithing, Ceramics, Drawing & Painting, Glass, Metals & Jewelry, & Special Topics

 

Artwork pictured by a sample of our 2024 workshop instructors:
Lisa Geertsen, Tom Bartel, Stacy Lund Levy, Wesley Fleming & Michael Mangiafico, Motoko Furuhashi, Ann Coddington

 

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Touchstone is nestled within 230 acres of lush woodlands, just 60 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the beautiful mountains of the Laurel Highlands. Nearby attractions include Nemacolin Woodlands, Ohiopyle State Park, Laurel Caverns, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob.

 

Our well-equipped studios, on-campus lodging, towering trees, rushing streams and the sights and sounds of nature make the perfect campus setting to explore and expand your creative instincts and skills.

 

Explore scholarship opportunities for adults, veterans, and teens; artist residencies and internships for emerging artists; facility rentals and creative retreats with hands-on studio activities for groups; community events, studio tours, and gallery exhibitions for visitors.

 

Touchstone invites you to meet friends of all ages and skill levels who find inspiration and gain artistic growth in our unique educational environment.

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