

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Southwest Studio Sessions: Heritage Technique, Contemporary Form
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Saturday and Sunday, March 14 + 15 ((10:00am-4:00pm)) 

We’re excited to introduce Southwest Studio Sessions, a new series of immersive weekend workshops at Meltdown Studio led by guest instructors from across the Southwest. Each session offers focused, hands-on learning with artists rooted in deep experience, regional tradition, and a strong connection to material.

Our first workshop features Bruce Lane, a Navajo metalsmith whose practice bridges heritage and studio exploration. Born and raised on the Navajo Reservation, with family roots in Shiprock, New Mexico and Coppermine, Arizona, Bruce began making jewelry for loved ones before expanding into coin silver melting, tufa casting, and experimental fabrication. He also helps lead traditional Navajo farming education through his family’s nonprofit farm, bringing a grounded approach to teaching.

This two-day workshop offers meaningful bench time and covers techniques rarely taught together, including:

- Melting and alloying coin silver into .925 sterling

- Tufa casting with volcanic stone molds

- Rolling mill forming and surface development

- Concho forming

- Kuemboo, fusing high-karat gold to silver

- Finishing, patina, and polishing

Students will create a pair of earrings and a ring while gaining a deeper understanding of material, technique, and design.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/albuquerque/southwest-studio-sessions-heritage-technique-contemporary-form/200029796431444
- **Event Categories**: Workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.meltdownstudio.com/group-classes-1/p/heritage-technique-contemporary-form?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=albuquerque-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Albuquerque
- **state**: NM
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 901 Rio Grande Blvd. NW Suite E-130, Albuquerque, NM, United States, New Mexico 87104
- **lat**: 35.10316
- **long**: -106.67108
- **full address**: 901 Rio Grande Blvd. NW Suite E-130, Albuquerque, NM, United States, New Mexico 87104

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Meltdown Studio (https://allevents.in/org/meltdown-studio/20983527)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 901 Rio Grande Blvd. NW Suite E-130, Albuquerque, NM, United States, New Mexico 87104
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Meltdown Studio
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Southwest Studio Sessions: Heritage Technique, Contemporary Form ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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