Jewelry and Metal Arts Program - School of Arts and Design

The student develops expertise, craftsmanship, and aesthetic skills in designing and creating jewelry, including learning the characteristics of metals and fine stones, silversmithing, refined stone-setting techniques, and advanced casting techniques.

Students learn to:

• Design using 2-D and 3-D design skills demonstrating the capability to design wearable jewelry in silver and gold including set stones, as well as non-functional objects
• Fabricate jewelry in silver and gold by means of sawing, filing, piercing, soldering, forming, finishing, and a wide range of other techniques necessary to the process
• Perform casting procedures including wax modeling and carving, sprueing, investing, burn-out, pouring, and finishing
• Create variety of stone setting techniques including bezel setting, prong setting. Flush, pav�, and bead setting
• Create objects through silversmithing techniques, including, to form and shape metal with hammers by forging, sinking, raising, and bending and to be able to make dies and utilize the hydraulic die-forming methods

This program is available with a concentration in the AA in Fine Arts and the AAA in Professional Crafts degrees.

For more information contact Assistant Professor Diane Tintor at diane.tintor@sfcc.edu or 505-428-1446

Or

Kathryn Nowlin, School of Arts and Design Lead Administrator 505-428-1436 kathryn.nowlin@sfcc.edu

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