Metal Smiting

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. Engage the forming of metals and their alloys into utilitarian goods in the jeweller’s craft and trade.

Advance studio exercises in Ferrous and non-Ferrous metals. Studio assignments focus on oxyacetylene/ arc welding processes of metal joinery; execution of miniature projects like gates, metal furniture, and the likes, advance machine work; turning, boring parting off, thread cutting, engraving and finishing of ferrous metal works; chemical treatment of wrought iron works.