ART 2651 - Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing I

3(0 + 6)

Prerequisite: ARTH 1600, ART 1101, ART 1141, ART 1501; ART 1541 or ART 1531 or IND 1470; or Permission of instructor

Prerequisite/Corequisite: ARTH 1700 and ART 2101

This course deals with traditional and contemporary approaches to the creation of handcrafted jewelry and precious or semi-precious metal objects. Basic fabricating techniques including hollow construction, and surface embellishment, basic metal forming techniques, simple stone setting, wax carving, and lost-wax casting are introduced.