3 credits
Spring 2025 Studio Upper DivisionLost wax casting and mold making, mechanisms and stone setting for jewelry and metalwork.
Learning Outcomes1Students will be able to design and make wax and non-wax models for jewelry and small metal projects by reductive, addictive, and construction processes.
2Students will learn to sprue, invest and cast their models by the lost wax centrifugal and vacuum casting methods.
3They will learn to make waste molds and reusable rubber molds to produce their jewelry projects.
4They will learn to make mechanisms for jewelry and settings for incorporating stones or other nonmetal materials into their jewelry.