Jewelry & Metal Arts MFA

Demonstrate your understanding of perspective, proportion, gesture, and foreshortening. You'll learn to depict objects, architecture, and figures using line, tone, and begin modeling.

Shape non-ferrous metals through forging and the magic of fold forming to make jewelry functional and non-functional objects. Gain a greater understanding of the malleability of metals and learn to make tools specific to project needs.

Learn soldering, fabrication, stone setting, texturing, patination, and lost wax casting techniques to develop thematically related jewelry or sculptural forms. Use sketchbooks and journals to document your ideas and inspirations.

Enameling is the art of fusing powdered glass onto metal to create colorful designs and surfaces. The beauty of tradition and the excitement of the contemporary are yours to combine with your metalworking skills. (This course is cross-listed with JEM 314.)

Continue to develop your conceptual and technical skills. Building on your knowledge of the materials, techniques, styles, and movements learned in JEM 610, you'll work on individually tailored projects using new skills in chain making, etching, intermediate stone setting, and advanced clasps.

Experiment with innovative concepts, materials, and techniques to create a sophisticated body of work. Learn to combine materials such as rubber, wood, fiber, cement, resin, and plastic to produce a unique professional outcome. (This course is cross-listed with JEM 310.)

Create a portfolio that demands attention. Use rigorous conceptual and technical skills to evaluate your current body of work, discover areas for growth, and create new pieces for your final presentation. Plus, you'll develop an inspiration journal documenting your research, dialogue, and process.

Gain skills in both ancient and modern casting techniques. Working with bronze, silver, and gold, you'll learn both centrifugal and vacuum techniques, injection mold making, gating, investing, metal pouring, and finishing. (This course is cross-listed with JEM 249.)

Using industry-standard software and digital fabrication techniques, you'll develop vectors and rasters to be laser cut or machined with a CNC mill into precise, intricate designs in a variety of materials. Enhance your individualized projects with these new contemporary techniques. (This course is cross-listed with JEM 233.)