Peacock Nation - Stay safe! MORE INFO Home > Academics > Undergraduate Programs > Crafts & Material Studies Student Work Faculty Curriculum CRAFT & MATERIAL STUDIES Craft and Material Studies investigates the expressive possibilities of materials through rigorous hands-on work. Elizabeth Beattie, “Untitled Two” Jewelry Yazmin Dababneh, “Timeless Clock” Glass THE PROGRAM Students engage in disciplined making practices that touch on sculpture, functional objects, design, and decorative arts. Craft students focus on the acquisition of traditional skills, alongside digital tools, experimental approaches to develop an informed and innovative use of materials. Craft helps students cultivate an individualized studio practice that is informed by an understanding of materials and the larger artistic, social and cultural contexts. OUR FACULTY OUR CURRICULUM Five Specialties While students explore the expressive possibilities of a variety of materials, they remain grounded in a single material discipline: Ceramics, Glass, Fiber and Textiles or Metalsmithing and Jewelry. Ceramics Explore Fiber & Textiles Explore Glass Explore Metalsmithing & Jewelry Explore Digital Fabrication Minor Explore Craft & Material Studies graduates can expect to work in a vast array of industries from a studio practice/small business entrepreneurship, freelance artist/designer for manufacturing and architecture to clay modeling and color and trim for the auto industry. CAREER CHOICES Art Educator Blacksmith Ceramic Artist Clay Modeler Color and Trim Designer Colorist Costume Designer Fashion Accessories Designer Furniture Designer View More Previous Internships AK Services Anderson Ranch Arts Center Anthropologie Arden Companies Art Farm Baron Glassworks City Bird Collins and Aikman Context Furniture Crypton Fabrics DVF (Diane von Furstenberg) Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Elements Furnace Hot Glass General Motors Greenfield Village Hayashi of America Italmoda Furniture Jean Bartlett Lankton Metal Design Mark A Young Jewelers Marlaina Stone METTAL Miriam Haskell Mount Clemens Blown Glass Ox-Bow Pilchuck Glass School Pittsburgh Glass Center Proenza Schouler Queso Cabeza Farm Revolution Gallery Stefani & Co StyleNaturale Walt Disney World Wet Dog Glass FACILITIES Outdoor Kiln '04 Golnaz Armin Senior Design Director Nike, Inc. '03 Jeremy Levitt Furniture and Lighting Designer Part and Labor Design NYC '10 Steven McShane Co-Founder Fortress Studios '16 Nabeela Najjar Costume & Fashion Designer Seamstressbee '99 Israel A. Nordin Co-Owner Detroit Design Ctr. '96 Jeanette Puig-Pey Global Design Manager, Color & Materials | Advanced R&D Lear '14 Travis Taylor Lead Carpenter Virtuoso Design+Build '02 Joshua Wojick Crafts Programs and Trades Manager The Henry Ford What’s Happening at CCS Freeport Art Museum Hosts Solo Exhibition by CCS Professor Tyanna Buie January 01, 1970 READ MORE > Local Midtown Shop Hosts Spring Exhibition Featuring the Work of CCS Students January 01, 1970 READ MORE > Additional LInks About Us The Office of the President Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Community Outreach & Engagement Office of Partnerships Contact Maps and Directions Marketing & Communications CCS Campus Policies Address 201 E. Kirby Detroit, MI 48202 (Map) Contact 313.664.7400 Departments & Offices Accessibility Policy. Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Vimeo Pinterest Snapchat