Course Descriptions

MTJW 102 Introduction to Metals and Jewelry
Students are exposed to a broad range of metalworking processes and techniques as well as the relative historical and social context. Students explore these processes by producing jewelry and small scale objects. Prerequisites: DSGN 102, DRAW 100.

MTJW 202 Form and Inspiration for Metals and Jewelry
Students are encouraged to identify the sources of their work and, using techniques mastered from previous courses, are required to develop a range of forms and processes that apply to project parameters or an enhanced personal vision. Students are expected to demonstrate a focused, conscious, consistent and, therefore, more productive design process. Prerequisite: MTJW 102.

MTJW 205 Rendering for Metals and Jewelry
This course provides instruction in rendering jewelry designs in a realistic manner, thereby allowing the production of professional, high quality designs for commercial jewelry manufacturers or individual clients. Students render in gouache and experiment with other media, including colored pencils and ink. Forms and surfaces are investigated, including metal hollowware, flatware, faceted and cabochon stones, beads and pearls. Orthographic, three-quarter view and technical layout are covered. Prerequisites: DSGN 101, DSGN 102, DRAW 230.

MTJW 210 Computer-aided Design for Metals and Jewelry
This course introduces students to principles of personal computer usage related to the jewelry and metal design professions. Students learn the use of network operating systems and operating systems, digital manipulation of scanned images, 2-D drafting and 3-D modeling to communicate jewelry-oriented form. Prerequisite: CMPA 100, MTJW 102.

MTJW 225 Metals and Jewelry Studio I: Technical Fabrication
This course continues to develop skills and techniques used in the fabrication of jewelry and metal as an art form. Students complete projects that refine existing competencies and introduce new techniques for constructing jewelry and objects. Prerequisite: MTJW 102.

MTJW 255 Metals and Jewelry Studio II: Design and Fabrication
This course develops fabrication and finishing skills, and emphasis is placed on developing individualized design methodologies that reflect application of process and material with regard to contemporary trends and historical context. Students engage in critical thinking to design and execute complex metal objects with mechanisms. Prerequisites: MTJW 210, MTJW 225.

MTJW 300 Metals and Jewelry Studio III: Forming
This course introduces metalsmithing techniques used in the fabrication of hollow constructions and the development and execution of hammer-formed pieces. Topics may include forging, raising, lap seam construction and shell construction. Students are introduced to a variety of hammers, stakes and mallets, and make and modify tools to suit specific needs. Model making and drawing are addressed as creative problem solving techniques for working with 3-D forms. Prerequisite: MTJW 255.

MTJW 301 Enameling
This course introduces the process of enameling on metal. This medium is viewed in its historic context and applied to the individual student's personal focus in metals and jewelry. Students gain proficiency through studio experience, with emphasis placed on contemporary use and interpretation. Topics addressed may include cloisonn??, champlev??, plique-a-jour, Limoges, graffito, use of foils and metal techniques for fabrication as they apply to enamels and enameling. Prerequisite: MTJW 225.

MTJW 306 History of Metals and Jewelry
This course focuses on historic metals and jewelry and the techniques used from ancient to contemporary times. These techniques become the source for individual studio projects. Prerequisites: ARTH 110, ENGL 123, MTJW 202.

MTJW 307 Color on Metals
This course introduces the design and application of color on metal. Discussion of materials, designing for color, and appropriate techniques for handling of chemicals and electrochemical processes are addressed. Topics may include chemical patinas, electrochemical processes such as anodizing and plating, and non-chemical coloration. Students apply these processes to their own original work. Prerequisite: MTJW 225 or FURN 301 or IDUS 212.

MTJW 310 Light Metal Casting
This course introduces lost wax casting and its application to the design and production of jewelry and small art metal forms. Students use a variety of waxes as well as the tools and techniques necessary to develop and execute models for successful casting. Topics include model mold making, wax injection and related applications of production processes. Casting, fabrication and design techniques are employed together to achieve unified work. Prerequisites: MTJW 210, MTJW 255.

MTJW 311 Stone Setting
This course provides a thorough understanding of the technical principles of stone setting as applicable to jewelry. Students produce examples of commercial variations applied in the contemporary jewelry market. After completing intensive exercises, students execute a completed piece with a stone-set detail. Prerequisite: MTJW 255.

MTJW 312 Jewelry and Fashion
This studio course explores jewelry and its role in fashion. Emphasis is placed on jewelry innovation and the exploration of concept design in the fashion jewelry industry. These explorations lead to the development of designs and prototypes for a new collection. Prerequisites: MTJW 102 and CMPA 100 or ELDS 205 or ELDS 225.

MTJW 313 Lathe Spinning for Metals Design
This course introduces students to the techniques of lathe spinning non-ferrous metals to create hollow forms. The design and construction of spinning forms in relation to working drawings are addressed. Emphasis is placed on design for industry applications, mass production and job shop applications. Prerequisite: FURN 201 and FURN 301, or IDUS 321 or MTJW 300.

MTJW 320 Jewelry: Mechanisms and Devices
This course stresses the construction and integration of mechanisms into jewelry and small-scale metal objects. Emphasis is placed on the fabrication of technical examples, with an investigation of contemporary variations. Technical exercises lead to the design and execution of an object with a custom-designed mechanism. Prerequisite: MTJW 255.

MTJW 330 Working With Gold and Platinum
This course explores the unique characteristics of gold and platinum. Development of technical skills and appropriate application to design problems are addressed. Students are expected to produce professional-quality work. Prerequisites: MTJW 202, MTJW 255.

MTJW 345 Advanced Computer-aided Design for Metals and Jewelry
This course explores advanced computer modeling techniques associated with the design and production of jewelry. Students also gain exposure to the technical aspects of working with plastics on a jewelry scale. Utilizing CAD software, rapid prototyping machines and hand skills, students are exposed to new methodologies for the design and production of jewelry. Prerequisites: MTJW 202, MTJW 210, MTJW 255.

MTJW 350 Costume Jewelry for Accessory Design
This course explores costume jewelry and its role in accessory design. Students are introduced to a variety of material explorations and ways to expand their technical knowledge of costume jewelry manufacturing. Using nonprecious metals, students create a portfolio of work intended for the fashion accessory market. Prerequisite: ACCE 205 or MTJW 225.

MTJW 352 Studio Jewelry and Design Practice
Students develop original designs appropriate to a limited edition studio incorporating the unique problems of cost and marketability. Strategies and techniques that allow students to produce a large number of pieces in a timely and cost efficient manner are applied to their designs. Prerequisite: MTJW 310.

MTJW 360 Metals and Jewelry Studio IV: Design Processes
This course stresses integration of design and progressive processes. Students broaden their technical vocabulary and explore projects of greater complexity. Development of individual vision is emphasized. Prerequisites: MTJW 202, MTJW 300, MTJW 306.

MTJW 403 One-of-a-kind Art Jewelry
This course focuses on the creation of unique one-of-a-kind art jewelry. Students are exposed to advanced techniques that resolve structural and aesthetic challenges while developing artistic vision. Emphasis is placed on the conceptual development of the work that explores the relationship between body and object. Prerequisites: MTJW 202, MTJW 255.

MTJW 409 Metals and Jewelry Senior Project
This course guides students through the design and execution of their senior thesis project. An emphasis on research analysis and evaluation of aesthetic and conceptual decisions is stressed. Students create a body of work that supports the continued development of their professional portfolio. Prerequisite: MTJW 360.

MTJW 410 Special Topics in Metals and Jewelry
The topic of this course varies from quarter to quarter. Each seminar focuses on various issues in the field of metals and jewelry and allows students to pursue individual projects related to the topic of the course. Prerequisites: Vary according to topic.

MTJW 413 Professional Practices in Metals and Jewelry
This course serves as a forum to discuss and prepare for the concerns of the professional world. Emphasis is placed on portfolio refinement, presentation skills, interviewing strategies and professional practices involving money management, self-employment, studio setup, off-site production and other related issues. Prerequisite: MTJW 409.

MTJW 601 Applied Jewelry Techniques
Students have the opportunity to research areas of personal interest and apply techniques and processes to individual projects. Lectures and critiques are designed to facilitate the integration and application of jewelry techniques into other areas of study. Open to all majors except metals and jewelry.

MTJW 702 History of Metals and Jewelry as Source
Students undertake individual investigations of historic and ethnic examples of metals and jewelry as a source for contemporary design. Application of personal research is the basis for studio work.

MTJW 705 Technical Research for Metals and Jewelry
Students propose and resolve technical issues. Creative problem solving skills drive experimentation with materials and processes leading to diverse solutions for personal expression.

MTJW 708 Concept Development for Metals and Jewelry
Students are introduced to methodologies for developing conceptual bodies of work. By further developing strategies learned in previous courses, students begin to integrate content into their developing body of work. Prerequisites: MTJW 702, MTJW 705.

MTJW 713 Metals and Jewelry Directed Projects I
This intensive studio course allows students to explore, experiment and develop an individual direction. Individual and group critiques focus on the development of form and content. Prerequisite: MTJW 708.

MTJW 716 Metals and Jewelry Directed Projects II
This course allows students to continue investigations begun in Metals and Jewelry Design I. Refinement of technical skills and continued development of a conceptual base are pursued, and individual and group critiques support student work. Prerequisite: MTJW 713.

MTJW 724 Contemporary Issues in Metals and Jewelry
This graduate seminar course addresses current issues in the field of metals and jewelry. Students discuss readings, investigate a contemporary issue, and prepare a paper and presentation based on that research. Prerequisite: ARTH 701, MTJW 702.

MTJW 730 Objects and Desire
In this studio course students explore desire as the bridge between objects and meaning. Individual research leading to the development of studio work emerges from group discussion of assigned readings. Group critiques refine the development of form and content. Prerequisite: MTJW 708.

MTJW 731 Multiples: Objects for Adornment
The multiple in art ranges from a limited-edition sculptural object to mechanically mass-produced objects of sometimes-infinite number, intended for popular consumption. Multiples allow artists to experiment with issues and ideas that may be distributed more directly and more economically than traditional, unique artworks. Students build on skills and knowledge from previous coursework by interpreting the concept of multiples with their studio work. Prerequisite: MTJW 708.

MTJW 739 Theory and Criticism for Metals and Jewelry
Students undertake readings in contemporary and historical philosophy that address concept and design in jewelry and metal objects. Classes focus on critical dialogue that analyzes contemporary issues pertinent to the metals and jewelry field. Prerequisites: ARTH 701, MTJW 702.

MTJW 749 Metals and Jewelry M.A. Final Project
In this course, M.A. students develop professional competence in a specialized area of metals and jewelry by exploring and completing a creative project. The course channels each student's graduate coursework into a cohesive project that may be applied to professional goals. Prerequisite: MTJW 708.

MTJW 755 Integrated Solutions for Metals and Jewelry
This course provides transition into the graduate thesis proposal. Students complete studio work that demonstrates technical proficiency integrated into and compatible with the concept pursued. Presentation, discussion and critique support the development of individual interests. Prerequisite MTJW 731.

MTJW 760 Textile Structures for Metal
This intensive studio course introduces students to fiber techniques as applied to metal objects. Demonstrations, lectures and studio exercises are designed to provide technical information that leads to the development of a refined studio project. An experimental approach drawing ideas from diverse fields is encouraged. Prerequisite: ARTH 701.

MTJW 765 Metals and Jewelry Applied Theory and Practice
Students conduct in-depth research on a metals and jewelry topic that reflects their particular areas of interest. Conducting research, preparing preliminary work and proposing a thesis is the focus. Prerequisites: ARTH 702, MTJW 755.

MTJW 770 Professional Development in Metals and Jewelry
This course provides business strategies and legal issues within the field of art and design. Students define appropriate strategies for self-promotion that complement their professional vision. This course culminates in the effective presentation of student work. Prerequisite: MTJW 765.

MTJW 780 Special Topics in Metals and Jewelry
This course provides an opportunity for students to focus on particular issues in the field or to study advanced techniques and processes. Faculty, course content and prerequisites vary each time the course is offered. The course may include lectures, discussions, individual projects and critiques, depending on the nature of the topic.

MTJW 790 Metals and Jewelry M.F.A. Thesis
This course is the culmination of a M.F.A. in metals and jewelry. Students are required to develop a professional collection of contemporary original work that demonstrates a critical expertise of the field. A written component rationalizing the relevance of the body of work is required. Students produce an exhibit in which their work and written component are presented. Prerequisite: MTJW 765.