BA (Honours) Jewellery and Metalwork
previously known as BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery
Three years full-time
UCAS code • W721
This course is subject to reapproval
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Art and design
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Case studies and examples of course work - how you build your expertise
View a 360 degree tour of the metalwork and jewellery studio.
Find out about the Sheffield Institute of Arts (SIA) and view a 360 degree tour of the SIA gallery, where our students exhibit their work.
Find out about Creative Spark, our annual graduate showcase of final year students' work, and Brightest Spark, an exhibition featuring projects completed by our elite students.
View the Creative Spark image gallery, taken from the 2010 graduate showcase of final year students' work.
View a 360 degree tour of the Cantor lecture theatre.
We have a highly respected and lively jewellery and metalwork department. Our roots are based in Sheffield's historic traditions of silversmithing and metalwork. However, the course covers a broad range of approaches, and constantly aims to exploit new materials, technologies and ways of thinking.
This course begins by equipping you with a strong foundation in jewellery and metalwork processes and techniques, such as soldering, stone setting and hand raising. We also challenge your thinking about materials and designing contemporary silverware and jewellery.
During the course you learn to
• apply these techniques in your own practice
• think independently
• develop your creative potential through hands on exploration of materials including precious metals, plastic, textiles and wood
In your second year, you design work for national competitions and individual clients. You also make and sell work through a public selling exhibition. This provides an important challenge and tests your ability.
We want you to graduate with the skills to start your own business or develop a career in jewellery and metalwork.
Our students continue to be successful in live projects and competitions organised by local, national and international professional bodies, such as the Company of Cutlers, Sheffield, and the Goldsmiths' Company, London.
You may be able to take part in an international exchange or study visit during the course. Recent students have visited places such as Zurich, Seoul, Barcelona and Tokyo.
Our teaching staff are practising makers, renowned in the industry. They have created commissioned pieces including the Cutting Edge sculpture, the St Leger Trophy and a collection of corporate gifts.
We have strong links with Sheffield's well-established metalworking community, including sponsorship from the Sheffield Assay Office. We have also received funding for projects from National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, the Millennium Galleries and local Sheffield manufacturers.
Find out more about BA (Honours) Jewellery and Metalwork
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You apply for this course through UCAS.
For information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/study/ug/fees-and-funding
2012/13 academic year
Typically £10,320 a year
2013/14 academic year
Typically £10,320 a year
For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• coursework • exhibition at the final year show
For more information or to check the progress of your application phone +44 (0)114 225 5555, fax +44 (0)114 225 2167, e-mail admissions@shu.ac.uk
This dramatic series was inspired by raw human emotion, beautifully made in sterling silver. Using a combination of raising, spinning and press forming, each unique vessel has a striking individual personality.
Although they were created as pristine pieces of metalwork, Jon takes an ironic stance by subverting the initial perfection.
Why are these sterling silver Pod Pots ideal for storing salt and pepper?
The Pod Pots were designed in consideration of the small pod-like reservoirs found on kelp which are plentiful on the Northumbrian coastal reaches. This kelp, which relies upon saline for its existence, seemed to be a natural salt container and therefore also for pepper.
The Pod Pots are made of sterling silver with gilder interiors to prevent corrosion from the salt. The meeting faces of the pots each have a screw plug which is removed to fill the pots but which also have holes for the dispensing of the condiments. The individual elements of the construction were raised, a process of moving silver. The plugs and their corresponding threads were turned on a lathe.
Find out why Corrinne's jewellery is inspired by dandelion seeds.
The inspiration behind pieces for this collection is the elegance and graceful nature of the dandelion seed. The elongated form of the seed has inspired the organic structure of the jewellery pieces. The pieces show a contrast between fixed structures and light materials which move with the wind.
The collection is made from domed sterling silver sheet and wire with coloured ostrich feathers. The pieces also consist of granulated and reticulated silver.
Extract from a sterling silver jewellery collection.
Development and sketch work for Hannah's collection. The jewellery frames were made from sterling silver.
Look at the detail of Jessica's vase.
Viewed from the outside, the audience can see a simple and elegant shape with a flower.
The protruding wire around the edge suggests to the audience that there is more to it than a simple vase and stimulates further investigation.
Discover how Michelle uses traditional silversmithing methods to create new compositions.
Michelle's work aimed to explore the qualities of silver and unique nature of vessels made from this metal, and is driven by the questions of what makes such vessels desirable and functional.
She experiments with traditional methods of silversmithing and vessel forms to create new compositions that remain true to their function and the heritage of silversmithing, whilst adding a new dimension to the relationship with the user. The outer vessel is hand-raised in Britannia silver, inner components partially spun and then raised.
Find out how Emma's jewellery is inspired by how medicine and spirituality can prolong life.
Emma's work is inspired by the body and the ways in which medicine and spirituality have been used to preserve and prolong life.
This collection consists of a series of silicone and silver amulets that are worn as neckpieces.
Look at the development stages of Ruth's collection.
Sketches and early work for Ruth Moore's Natural Curiosities collection.
360 degree tour of our metalwork and jewellery studio
Our metalwork and jewellery studios have recently been refurbished with the most up-to-date equipment. Supported by technicians providing guidance and support for students to use the facilities for individual projects outside timetabled classes
Sheffield Institute of Arts
Sheffield Institute of Arts at Sheffield Hallam University is one of the oldest and most well-established centres of creative learning in Britain. Since 1843, we’ve built an excellent reputation and nurtured generations of students in a culture where anything is possible and with the resources to make it happen. To find out more about the Sheffield Institute of Art and its creative community visit the website.
Sheffield Institute of Arts gallery
The gallery offers and exciting programme of changing exhibitions of the best in art, design and creative practice. Located in the Cantor building, it hosts exhibitions throughout the year.
Spark - be creative
As part of the Sheffield Institute of Arts your course will be involved in 'Project Spark', 'Creative Spark' and 'Brightest Spark'.
Subjects included are • animation • architecture • computers • creative writing • digital media production • engineering • fashion design • film and visual effects • film and media production • fine art • furniture and product design • games design • graphic design • interior design • jewellery and metalwork • performing arts • photography • product design.
Creative Spark
Creative Spark is an annual showcase of student work and celebrates the innovation, creativity and imagination of our most talented graduates. Creative Spark is hosted across four university venues • Owen • Cantor • Sheaf • Arundel Gate Court and S1 in the city centre.
For further information visit the Creative Spark website or download last years guide.
Brightest Spark
Brightest Spark is a new exhibition for October 2012 housed in the SIA Gallery and Cantor building. This exhibition features the elite students in each Sheffield of Institute of Arts course as chosen by industry professionals in that area.
Project Spark
Sheffield Hallam students have the opportunity to play a key role in the promotion of the Creative Spark and Brightest Spark exhibitions by submitting entries for Project Spark. The 2012 competitions included • concept design • branding and wayfinding • creative writing • image • brightest spark logo and branding.
For further information visit the Project Spark website.
An example of an animation modelling project.
BA (Hons) Animation modelling work on display for Thomas Lloyd's final year project entitled The Window Pianist.
An example of an animation modelling project.
BA (Hons) Animation modelling work by Luke Adams for his final year project entitled Uneasy Rider.
Students' work on display at the Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery.
BA (Hons) photography students exhibited their work in the Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery.
An example of a contemporary fine art project.
Laura Hayes final year project for BA (Hons) Contemporary Fine Art.
An example of a metalwork and jewellery piece.
Emma Middleton's jewellery piece for BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery.
The concept behind Emma's work is based on the idea of sentimental jewellery and the burden this can become on the wearer.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
Graphic students work on display.
Four students' workbooks on display.
BA (Hons) Interior Design student workbooks (Shamila Hussain, Faiza Khan, Naomi Nunn and Helen Genia Austin).
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
Work displayed by interior design students.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
Work displayed by engineering students.
A collaboration between fashion and engineering students.
A collaboration between fashion and engineering students creating a wedding dress that could be dissolved after the wedding to transform it into five new fashion pieces.
This went on to achieve international acclaim.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery students work on display.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
BA (Hons) Product Design work.
Students' workbooks on display.
A visitor to Creative Spark looking at students' workbooks for BA (Hons) Product Design.
Part of the Creative Spark exhibition.
Work on display from the Extended degree in Design.
An example of a final year metalwork and jewellery project.
Final year project for BA (Hons) Metalwork and Jewellery.
Gallery
Cantor Lecture Theatre
The Cantor lecture theatre opened in 2008 in the state-of-the-art Cantor Building.
