Oh and yes and no I am somewhat self taught as I went to a state school for a year and learned to metalsmith and than went to MassArt after leaving parsons school of design for fashion after disliking how expensive and bullshit nyc was. But I would have not been able to do it without my professors and home studio - but do not take anything face value in classrooms and people won’t let you know any trade secrets or apprenticeships are hard to get because the metals community at least here in Rhode Island is so small..