Visiting Artist: Stefan Gougherty
Limited opportunity to learn how to anodize titanium! Joining us from Virginia, Stefan will be teaching a 3-day intensive course on how he creates his anodized titanium bugs.
Dates: September 18th, 19th, & 20th
Time: 10 AM – 5 PM (each day includes a 1 hour break for lunch)
Tuition: $635 ($570 base tuition + $65 kit)
Skill Level: All levels welcome!
Deadline to sign up is 8/20/26, this is also the final day for full refund.
What are we learning?
Stefan will be walking you through his processes of working with titanium! Beginning with forming titanium sheet with the hydraulic press, welding the forms to wire, and anodizing your final piece to finish. In the first day, you will learn his methods for designing your own individual bug brooch. You will begin pressing, sawing, and filing components for your final design. Day two, you will use the micro welder to assemble your pieces, and Stefan will give you his secrets to working with titanium and niobium and the world of design. On day three you will be etching and anodizing your titanium bug.
You will learn to work with titanium, use the micro welder, anodize titanium, work with hydraulic press forms, as well as sawing and filing methods.
What’s in my kit?
- 6″x 6″ 26 ga titanium sheet
- 2′ 18 ga titanium wire
- 2′ 20 ga titanium wire
Use of studio tools (upon completing the class, you will be certified to use the following in our studio – for just $15 an hour!)
- Victory Etch
- EZ Bath
- Anodizer
- Microwelder
- Various 4×6″ 3/16″ acrylic hydraulic dyes, pre laser etched designs!
- Hydraulic Press
More about Stefan!
Stefan is a long-time creative. He studied industrial design as an undergrad at RISD and worked in that corporate world. Stefan became sick of the corporate lifestyle and turned to jewelry making and ended up loving the processes and welcomed the recognition he received from clients. He pursued a MFA in metal smithing at SUNY New Paltz. He is now featured in galleries around the country and specializes in anodized titanium and niobium.
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