Jewellery and Silversmithing (BA Hons - Single)

Overview

At ‘The Cass’, our focus is on individual creative expression through fine skills and intelligent thought. You will work with traditional techniques and new technologies in state of the art workshops with hands-on technical expertise. Always the emphasis is on your ideas and conceptual depth of all you create while encouraging an eye for detail and finish within everything you make. The course is bursting with creativity and energy with students using both state-of-the-art digital & high-end traditional workshops to develop their practice. The course is taught in the heart of London’s creative district with future clients, employers and commissioning agencies on your doorstep. Workshops are the focus of the student experience with extensive facilities and great teaching staff on hand. Integrated modules ensure a lively mix of student groups within the context of the subject area while emphasis on individual development and independent thought is encouraged through personal tutorials and discussion groups. Artists in residence provide contact and mentoring through consistent involvement with the course provision. With an abundance of live projects and industry connections the course provides you with a confident and proactive start in a career that is not only a way to live but a way to be.

Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Media and Design

www.londonmet.ac.uk/jcamd/

Professional accreditation/exemption

Our Alumni are highly successful and prominent within the industry either as individual practitioners or working for design-led manufacturing companies across the world.

Course contents

Three levels, each of 120 credits.

Level 1 topics include:

• Drawing & Digital Design
• Jewellery & Silversmithing Workshop Projects
• Cultural Studies

Level 2 topics include:

• Design Practice Workshops
• Digital Technology
• Textiles, Fashion, Product
• Cultural Studies & Professional Practice

Level 3 topics include:

• Major Project
• Professional Practice/ Placement
• Industry Skills Workshops
• Dissertation/ Report

Assessment

Designing and making are underpinned by cultural and contextual studies. You will participate in formal practical presentations and will experience some of the mechanics of running your own practice.

Collaborative and international links

Links with industry are strong with live projects, competitions and placements in the course. Networking opportunities alongside international study trips provide critical links and contacts for industry progression. Exhibitions of your work take place throughout the course.

Careers

Career opportunities

The course equips you for self-employment or employment in jewellery, silversmithing or a multitude of other career paths that include theatre prop design, film and advertising, arts/ community project management, art therapy, teaching or postgraduate study. You are encouraged to engage with your professional future within the industries, as an entrepreneur. Student quotes; ‘Now I understand what "well made’ really means." Emefa Cudjoe-Cole, BA Jewellery & Silversmithing 2011

What our students say

'I graduated in 2007 and since then I have set up as a self-employed designer maker and have been putting together a collection, which I am now selling through several shops in the South East.
The London Metropolitan is a great place to study; the teachers are extremely supportive and push you to your full potential without crushing your individual style. The college has amazing facilities and is very friendly. There is a good mix of people and I have made several life long friends through my happy time there.’ Harriet Mason, 2007

Professional accreditation/exemption

Our Alumni are highly successful and prominent within the industry either as individual practitioners or working for design-led manufacturing companies across the world.

Student testimony

"This university… has given me so much, for the past three years it has been my mecca... From the tutors who have guided me, the resources which have aided me, and the friends which have supported me... I will miss it all... But I will take with me, the invaluable skills and knowledge I have learnt, as well as the friendships!" Charlotte Yeo BA Jewellery & Silversmithing 2011

Applying and entry

Sept full-time: apply through UCAS
Sept part-time, Feb 2013 full/part-time: apply direct to the University - contact Admissions for an application form.

Entry requirements

In addition to the University's standard entry requirements, you must have at least 280 UCAS POINTS including at least 2 A Levels in Applied art and design subjects or BTEC National Diploma or BTEC Foundation Diploma, or new diploma including A level specialist subjects in applied art and design.

Further information

Please contact the Admissions Office:
Tel: +44(0)20 7133 4200
Fax: +44(0)20 7133 2677
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk
or for further academic questions, contact Marianne Forrest