Professional Crafts Jewelry/Metals Studio

The Professional Crafts Jewelry/Metals studio includes a large well-lighted primary workspace with sixteen jewelry benches. Each hardwood maple bench is furnished with a Benchmate, flexible shaft, reciprocating hand-piece, adjustable light and a small lockable storage space. There are four other rooms adjacent to the bench room: the tool room which houses a large selection of metalsmithing hammers, stakes and anvils as well as other small, jewelry making equipment. There is a soldering room with five soldering stations each with two torches, individual fume extractors, and work lamps. The polishing room provides a space for two floor model polishing/buffing lathes with separate dust collection and the casting room houses both vacuum and centrifugal casting machines along with a burnout oven and investment mixing area. Ventilation hoods are provided for both casting machines and burnout oven.

There is a small lecture area with table and chairs situated at one end of the studio, while other full-size classrooms are available throughout the Creative Arts Building, each complete with projection and audio systems.

The following list is not all-inclusive but gives a representation of some of the equipment and tools provided in the Professional Crafts-Jewelry/Metals studio.