ObjectivesThis course offers maximum flexibility, enabling you to develop innovative products and artifacts within a contemporary silversmithing and metalwork context. It focuses on the breadth of and potential for exploration around object and function. It also supports you in developing a critical and creative understanding of silversmithing and metalwork within contemporary society. Ideas are developed through both personal investigation and external collaboration supported by a high profile teaching team. You work with traditional skills and new technologies in state-of-the-art workshops.
Entry requirementsApplicants also attend an interview with a portfolio of creative work. Applicants are strongly advised to take an Art and Design Foundation course
Academic titleBA Silversmithing Metalwork
Course descriptionCourse structure
You take eight modules a year at each of three levels.
Level 1
* Design and Make I and II
* Visual Communication
* Context of Design
* Thinking Design
* Colour/Material
Level 2
* Form and Function
* Urban Places/Design Spaces
* Design Realisation
* Design Management and Production
Level 3
* Design Project and Final Project
* Dissertation
* Professional Folio
* Live Project
* Professional Practice Placement I & II