The Master of Fine Arts Degree
The Master of Fine Arts Degree
The MFA degree in jewelry design and metalsmithing provides the graduate candidate the skill to produce artwork of exceptional quality, both conceptually and technically. This is a terminal degree in the visual arts allowing the student to pursue a professional artistic career as well as giving them the credentials to teach at the university level.
Faculty
Student Work
Umbilical Cord Materials: Pearls, Silicone Dimensions: 60 ft long, 8.5 lbs.
Hector Carmona-Miranda, MFA candidate, These Ain’t Those Mouse’s Hands, Silver, brass, 3D printed resin, 2019, 12” x 12” x 5”, Photo Robly A. Glover
Umbilical Cord Materials: Pearls, Silicone Dimensions: 60 ft long, 8.5 lbs.
Rick McCoy, MFA student, Necklace, Electrical wire, copper, 15” x 12” x 6”, Photo: Robly A. Glover
Victor Beckmann, MFA student, 2 Necklaces, Laser cut felt, 22” x 18” x 8” & 22” x 12” x 6”, photo: Robly A. Glover
Sarah Spomer, MFA candidate, Basket, 2017, copper wire, 5” x 10” x 10”, Photo Robly A. Glover
Nathan Carroll, MFA candidate, Hot Dog Ring, laser-cut acyclic, brass, 2020, 3.5" X 3.5" X 5", Photo Robly A. Glover
Natalie Lawrence, MFA candidate, “for all the times my face hit the pavement while looking at the sun through the trees” Necklace, bicycle innertubes, brass, copper, 8” x 18” x 4”, Photo Robly A. Glover.
Corin Herzog, MFA, Scales, Laser cut steel, fine silver rivets, powder coat, 9 1/4” x 8” x 1/8”, photo: Robly A. Glover
Sarah Spomer, MFA candidate, 2017, Fester, (belt), copper wire, 24” x 8” x 2”, Photo Robly A. Glover
Ryu-Hee Kim, MFA, Seasons in the Rice Field, copper, wood, resin, 12” x 16” x 9”, Photo Robly A. Glover
Ryu-Hee Kim, MFA, Brooches, brass, enamel, approximately 3” x 4”, Photo Robly A. Glover
Ryu-Hee Kim, MFA, Seasons, Rings, silver, enamel, sizes vary, Photo Robly A. Glover