Uzbek Metalwork Workshops in Tashkent: Learn Coppersmithing from Master Craftsmen

The first time I watched a master coppersmith work, I held my breath.

Not because the workshop was quiet—it wasn't. The hammer strikes echoed off the stone walls of the old bazaar workshop, a rhythmic language that's been spoken here for centuries. Not because the work looked difficult—it does, but that's not why I stopped breathing.

It was the moment when a flat sheet of copper, dull and unremarkable, became alive. The craftsman—ustoz, we call him—bent it, heated it, coaxed it with practiced hands into curves and details that seemed impossible. His apprentice watched from the corner, seeing the same movements his father had shown him, that his grandfather had shown before. The metal sang under the hammer. And I understood, in that moment, that this isn't craft. This is conversation between hands and metal that goes back nine hundred years.

We want you to have that same moment. That's why we're telling you everything you need to know about Uzbek metalwork workshops and coppersmithing experiences right here in Tashkent.

What Is Uzbek Metalwork, Really?

When people talk about Uzbek metalwork, they're usually thinking of one thing: the intricate copper and brass vessels, the hammered jewelry, the detailed platters that somehow catch light like they're glowing from inside. But that's looking at the finished product. The actual craft is something deeper.