Jewelry / Metal Arts: Classroom Studio
Learning, Demonstrating, Building Community
7 am - 12 midnight
JMA Bench Room
Double Ground (145 Hooper St)
Rm. D109
Fall 2023 Jewelry/Metal Arts Classroom Studio Access
Jewelry/Metal Arts is open to students who are currently enrolled in or have completed Jewelry/Metal Arts 1. Orientations are provided by the studio manager during class time.
For graduate students or upper-division project access, please contact the studio manager. This access will be granted depending on studio capacity.
About the Jewelry / Metal Arts: Classroom Studio
The main classroom is equipped with 17 professional jeweler's benches with flex-shafts, smith mini torches, two drill presses, a bench shear, a rolling mill, an instructional video monitor, and various hand tools designed for metal-smithing.
Specializing in These Materials
- Aluminum
- Brass
- Copper
- Karat Golds
- Palladium
- Platinum
- Resin
- Silver
- Steel
- Titanium
- Wax
Tools and Equipment
- Natural gas/oxygen torches
- Rolling Mill
- Hydraulic press
- Citric acid pickle baths
- Drill presses and flex-shafts
- Step sheer, beverly sheer, straight sheer
- Durston Airmax 2200 Polishing Machine
- Formlabs 3, 3D printer
- G-Tec TB-30 and TB-60 natural gas boosters
- Casting equipment (kilns, centrifuge, and vacuum caster)
- Wax injector
- Electrical etching bath for non-ferrous metals
- Metal forming/forging hammers, stakes, and anvils
- Band saw
- Draw bench