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view events×The Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio is a well-equipped jewelry and metalsmithing makerspace to explore techniques old and new. We have almost everything that anyone could ever need to make jewelry from beads to precious stones, silver, and gold.
Come visit us in our brand-new Jewelry Studio in BVAC, Third Floor, Rm. 333.
Jewelry Open Studio Hours
Tuesday: 1–5 pm
Wednesday: 11 am–6:30 pm
Thursday: 11 am–6:30 pm
Friday: 1–5 pm
Our space is limited, so reservations are required.
No Extra Charges. Pay for the materials you use.
Open to all on-campus Dartmouth students.
Click here to reserve a space >
Questions: jewelry@dartmouth.edu
Each student workbench has a full set of jewelry making hand tools. Highlights of our equipment includes a miniature lathe, wax work, mold making and casting equipment, two precision micro TIG welders, multiple soldering torches, a 3/D printer, a digital metal engraving machine, lapidary equipment with multiple drawers of rough rock to grind and polish your own gems, a jewelry/metals library and a large selection of stones, metal and jewelry making parts to purchase.
Our open studio times are mentored by both professional jewelry artists and specially trained Dartmouth student assistants. Every term we strive to bring in at least one guest artist to teach a special topic workshop. We also work with many Dartmouth professors to give demonstrations to their classes and assist students with class assignments as needed. A big part of our agenda is to host team building jewelry making events with campus groups of every kind, from sororities to dorm floors, campus clubs, sports teams and more.
Claflin Jewelry students talk about their work and their thoughts about working the Hop's Jewelry Studio.
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Paulette Werger, local metalsmith and maker, has an electric presence, even over Zoom. As the Jewelry Studio Fellow, I've met her a few times: a casual Coffee Hour, a wirework class series, her...
I have two home bases at Dartmouth: Robinson Hall and the basement of the Hop. When campus was open, I often found myself in one or the other before I even realized I was heading somewhere; I would...
The Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio is located in the basement of the Hopkins Center, across from the Paddock Music Library.