In this course, students will build on the technical skills learned in previous jewelry classes. Image development, marketing strategies, manufacturing techniques and business skills will be applied to jewelry production. Students will utilize mold-making techniques and other commercial production skills to design and create a product for which a generic business plan will be developed. AS Students learn advanced jewelry and metalsmithing techniques including forging, raising, casting, hydraulic press die forming, and photography for portfolio development. Individual studio planning and layout, studio health hazards and safety procedures, job and career opportunities in the jewelry profession and metal arts are other subjects covered in this course.
Students design and make individual projects in jewelry, hollowware and utilitarian objects.
Field trips, slide lectures on historic and contemporary metal arts, guest speakers, and discussion of career opportunities are included. This course provides illustrated lectures for art majors and non-art majors on a survey of western and nonwestern art forms. Understanding and appreciation of painting, architecture, sculpture, industrial design, and craft media are included, with field trips supplementing the course. This course is an illustrated survey of art history from prehistoric times through the Middle Ages. Students will learn about architecture, sculpture, and painting from important centers of the western world.