![SoVA student using an arc welder fusing metals together.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_1280xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_SoVA_WoodMetal.jpg)
The School of Visual Arts Wood and Metal Shop is an exceptionally well-equipped and maintained facility located on the 1st floor of the Visual Arts Building. The Wood and Metal shop is open for use to any student enrolled in the School of Visual Arts classes. The shop serves as the core of activity for a variety of classes and individual projects ranging from foundation level classes to graduate students. The shop has a full-time supervisor and shop technician available for assistance with art projects and technical advice from 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday through Friday, and trained shop technician during the evening hours.
The shop facilities also include a dust collection system and downdraft tables for woodworking activities, several exhaust hoods for welding operations and a spray booth for painting and finishing.
Equipment
Sometimes creative making requires the right equipment…and the SoVA shop is packed with an extensive selection of hand and power tools. The shop facilities also include a dust collection system and downdraft tables for woodworking activities, several exhaust hoods for welding operations and a spray booth for painting and finishing.
Art...in the making.
The flash of sparks. The smell of sawn wood. The sound of ringing hammers. It's art[work].
![SoVA student using a hand-held cutting saw to cut and smooth a piece of metal tube.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_woodmetal_gallery_01.jpg)
![SoVa student using a table circulating saw to even out the edge of a wooden box.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_woodmetal_gallery_06.jpg)
![SoVA student using a hand-held cutting saw to cut and smooth a piece of metal tube.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_woodmetal_gallery_05.jpg)
![A SoVA student aligning a piece of equipment before he drills a hole through a circular piece of wood.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_woodmetal_gallery_04.jpg)
![The SoVA Wood and Metal Shop contains state of the art equipment, including this bandsaw.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_woodmetal_gallery_03.jpg)
![SoVA student centering and measuring a piece of wood to attach to a wooden box.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/images/_680xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/facilities_2002_woodmetal_gallery_02.jpg)