The Silversmithing and Jewellery programme aims to provide a
broad, balanced programme covering aspects of body adornment and
fine metalworking from the development of original design concepts
through to the finely crafted finished work. The course embraces as
broad an approach to silversmithing and jewellery as possible, from
designing for the mainstream jewellery or silverware industries to
the pursuit of very personal works intended for gallery
exposure.
Contemporary studio jewellers continue to challenge perceived
boundaries and use the artefact as a way of defining a personal
response to social and cultural issues such as gender,
relationships politics, and the environment. Similarly,
silversmiths explore this interaction between fine metalworking and
ideas, through the vehicle of the functional domestic object.