This is an advanced Jewelry / Metal Art course that helps students to deepen their understanding of how to find subject matter and personal voice in their work and develop more advanced technical skills (stone setting, advanced soldering, professional finishing, and more).  

Students will begin the semester with designing  and making client based work. Helping them understand how to communicate and follow through with the individual commissioned work.   Then students will examine and share cultural identities allowing them to simultaneously broaden their understanding of themselves and the world(s) around them and how to use this knowledge to make work.