Jewelry & Metalsmithing

A diverse group of young people are gathered in a lively workshop. They are engaging in a jewelry crafting activity, using tools and materials on a wooden table. Everyone appears focused, with one person smiling and laughing, adding to the collaborative atmosphere.

Jewelry and Metalsmithing students find successful career paths through the design and creation of contemporary jewelry and functional objects.

The Jewelry and Metalsmithing program combines hands-on practice with creative problem solving. Students engage with traditional and contemporary metalwork as they investigate social, cultural, and historical contexts.

Students learn essential jewelry and metalsmithing practices and concepts such as cold connections, fabrication, soldering, patination, casting, stone settings, raising, forging, repossé and chasing. Specialty electives offered include enameling, anodizing, CAD/CAM, and advanced techniques. All instruction occurs in a safety-driven, cooperative environment focusing on empathy and responsibility.

BFA

MassArt’s Jewelry and Metalsmithing program combines direct practice with conceptual problem solving, in both traditional and contemporary metal work.

Minor

Learn the fundamentals of three-dimensional artmaking with a concentration in Jewelry and Metalsmithing.

Faculty

MassArt's faculty are dedicated educators and mentors who bring their expertise as working artists into their classrooms and studios every day.

Featured Work

Get inspired by the extraordinary work being produced by our Jewelry & Metalsmithing students.

Metals Studio

Learn essential skills and bring your creative vision to life in MassArt’s studios, among the best equipped in the country.

The jewelry and metals department is a supportive and inspiring environment. The small scale allows for a tight-knit community of talented makers. Julia Giangrande ‘23 BFA Jewelry & Metalsmithing

Featured Work

A hand adorned with a wire construction art piece made of interconnected metal wires and small gold connectors, resting on the wrist to create a skeletal, star-like structure.

Sara Giordano, Jewelry and Metalsmithing Wire Construction #4, Jewelry, 2020

Two silver earrings with pointed red-brown stone pendants on a white background. The earrings have a metal claw-like design holding each stone, linked by small chains to a triangular metal top.

Zöe Larson, Jewelry and Metalsmithing Claws, Jewelry, 2020

A bronze spoon sculpted to resemble a lighthouse with intricate detailing offers a maritime theme. The handle, reminiscent of delicate jewelry, features a small house at the base leading to the lighthouse tower with a lookout at the top, all against a plain background.

Sarah Ellis, Jewelry and Metalsmithing Lighthouse Ring, Jewelry, 2020

News & Features

When in Athens, Make Jewelry
Heather White Professor, Jewelry and Metalsmithing

International Education Center

Jewelry and Metalsmithing

Faculty

Heather White Professor, Jewelry and Metalsmithing

How to care for jewelry so it stays shining, untangled and valuable

The Associated Press interviews MassArt faculty on jewelry care.

Joyce Kutty’s handmade knives are part of her full circle of artistic practice

Joyce teaches metalwork and jewelry at MassArt.

Rhode Island PBS

Three Atlanta artists created a local exhibition inspired by their showcase at the 2024 Venice Biennale

MassArt alum Corrina Sephora featured in local Atlanta, GA NPR story.

CHAI STYLE: Art + Metal + Fire

Atlanta Jewish Times

Art students give old jewelry a major makeover

WBUR

Cape Ann Business Briefcase

Gloucester Daily Times

Inspired by Nature

Martha’s Vineyard Times

People working at a wooden table with various tools like hammers and a metal sheet cutter. A jar, a book titled Metals, and other items are also visible. Hands are actively engaged in crafting or metalwork activities.

A person holds a metal rod while working at a crafting table. Various tools, papers, and small parts are spread on the table. The person wears a striped shirt and a thin bracelet. Others are sitting nearby, partially visible in the background.

It’s a genuine honor to work with MassArt’s talented students at this remarkable state-funded school. Heather White Professor, Jewelry and Metalsmithing

Featured Faculty