Students taking this course will continue working toward a deeper knowledge of the hand engraving processes and the uses of related materials and equipment for the manufacture of jewelry articles.  Quality craftsmanship, industry standards, and time management will be emphasized.

Hand engraving courses are practice-intensive and require that you develop skills progressively throughout the semester.  If more than 10% of the total 80 clock hours for this course are missed (10%=8 hours or 3.2 classes) you could be dropped with a grade of “W”, or after final semester withdrawal date, with a grade of “F”.

Learning in this course will be largely self-directed.

Topics of discussion could include:

• Lettering
• Monograms
• Western Bright Cutting
• Traditional Scrolls
• Flare Cutting
• Boarders

Students take this course to:

1. Practice and build upon the skills learned in JLRY 1475--Intro to Metal Engraving
2. Experiment with new gravers
3. Engrave a variety of metals
4. Continue to develop design and layout skills

• Projects need to include, but are not limited to:
  • Lettering or Monogram
  • Sterling or Fine Silver
  • Mild or Stainless Steel
• They can be combinable, for example, a monogram done on stainless steel.
• Projects for this class will largely be chosen by the individual student. 
  • Projects should reflect the area of design that interests each student which will help them explore and enhance their own engraving practice.

Your final grade will be based on your progress throughout the semester.  Grades will be given in accordance with the following:

Attendance—30 points (roughly 4 points deducted per hour missed)

• The importance of your attendance cannot be expressed enough. It goes hand in hand with “productivity”. You will not be able to finish the projects if you don’t attend. As stated before, if more than 8 hours (3.2 classes) is missed, I can drop you from the course.

Acquiring Materials in a timely manner—8 points

• Please have all required material in your possession by the end of the second week of class. Every week after that will deduct 2 points from your total grade.

Design and layout—16 points

• We will practice lettering and other designs at the beginning of each class for 30 minutes. Please be on time. Each missed design session will deduct ½ point from your total grade.

Sharpening—12 points

Projects—20 points

Participation—14 points

• End of Semester Reflection—7 points
  • This will take place on the last day of class. This will be a time where each person gets to share their work from the whole semester and reflect on what they learned from the class.
• Overall Participation—7 points
  • All individuals should show a cooperative spirit in working together and helping each other so that the collective experience will be beneficial to everyone.  Cooperation with each other in a working situation is very important so that an atmosphere of learning, productivity and creativity may take place.

A=75-100 points

B=50-74 points

F=0-50 points

• Sketch book
• Eraser
• Copper/Steel for practice plates
• Students will be expected to provide and engrave a variety of metals including
  • Sterling or Fine Silver
  • Steel--Mild or Stainless
• Students will use the gravers they have acquired in JLRY 1475
• Students are free to purchase additional gravers at their discretion

I would reccomend having a three ring binder for handouts.

1. The Art of Engraving by James B. Meek
2. Drawing and Understanding Scroll Designs: for Artists, Engravers and Collectors by Ron Smith with F.J. Maisel
3. Copperplate Calligraphy from A to Z by Sarah Richardson
4. Jewelry Making by Murray Bovin
5. The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight
6. The Design and Creation of Jewelry by Robert von Neumann
7. The Jeweler’s Bench Reference by Harold O’Connor
8. Jewelry Concepts and Technology by Oppi Untracht
9. Jeweler’s Resource by Bruce G. Kruth
10. Professional Goldsmithing by Alan Revere
11. The Theory & Practice of Goldsmithing by Prof. Dr. Erhard Brepohl
12. The Metalsmith’s Book of Boxes & Lockets by Tim McCreight
13. Creative Stonesetting by John Cogswell
14. Introduction to Precious Metals by Mark Grimwade
15. Jeweler’s supply catalogs (e.g.-Rio Grande, Otto Frei, Gesswein, Hoover and Strong Precious Metals, and many others) all of which are excellent resources for familiarizing yourself with the tools available, as well as for general information on metals and their alloys, technique, charts for calculations, and new jewelry products on the market.
16. Professional jewelers’ periodicals (e.g.-Jeweler’s Circular Keystone (JCK), Metalsmith (SNAG), Jewelry Artist (Lapidary Journal), Professional Jeweler, etc.)

1. We have literally thousands of objects to keep track of in the Jewelry Lab, some of them so small they look like debris when scattered.  Notice where things come from, and put them back exactly in their proper places.  If you don’t know for sure where something goes, don’t put it away-- put it on the instructor’s bench.  Sometimes a tool can be lost for weeks, only inches from where it belongs.
2. Your instructor will assign you a workbench at the start of each semester.
3. Your bench will be used by several other students.  Please leave it clean.  Clean-up time is ten minutes before the end of class.
4. Return all tools to their proper places.
5. Throw away used sandpaper and other trash on the bench or in the drop trays.  Leave nothing but sweeps in the lower tray.
6. Brush off your bench top into the lower drop tray. If there are any sweeps in the upper tray, send them down the hole to the lower one. Use the magnet to separate steel, such as sawblades, from the sweeps, and discard or recycle it.
7. Brush the sweeps through the hole into the plastic container beneath the tray.  Once the sweeps go down the hole, they belong to ACC—no scavenging.
8. Please report any missing tools to the instructor.
9. Surrounding work areas must be cleaned with the combined efforts of all students.
10. If there is an equipment malfunction, please inform your instructor immediately so that it can be returned to service as soon as possible.
11. If you make a mess somewhere else in the lab, please take care of it yourself.  Note to casting students: This includes investment messes, with special attention to the downdraft table.
12. At the soldering stations, if you find something missing or depleted, don’t borrow it from another station.  If you don’t know how to fix or replenish the item for yourself, ask your instructor to show you.
13. Smoking and eating are not permitted in the laboratories or classrooms.
14. Please do not use your cell phone in the lab. When it rings, please take it outside.
15. Please keep conversations quiet, so as not to distract the instructor or students.
16. A Lost & Found box for small or valuable items is located in a locker in the tool room. At the end of each semester, any unclaimed items will be disposed of.
17. While you are registered for a jewelry course, you may occupy an empty seat in another class in the jewelry lab, provided you have the permission of the instructor whose class you sit in on.  You are a guest outside your own class time, however, and must defer to the students in that class in choice of seats, use of equipment, and the instructor’s attention.  You may be asked to relinquish a seat you have occupied for some time to a later arriving guest student.  Please yield graciously, in any case.
18. Do not enter the lab while under the influence of, or while suffering the aftereffects of, any recreational drug, including alcohol, or any prescription drug that impairs your ability. No tobacco products may be used in the lab.  Caffeine is allowed!

1. Wear safety glasses when sharpening gravers.
2. Always wear the proper attire when working with fire (torches) and hot or molten metal. Clothing should be natural fiber. Synthetic fibers melt and stick to skin when heated, making burn injuries far worse than otherwise.  Your legs should be covered to the knees, and shoes should completely cover your feet.
3. Never walk away from a lit torch, even for a moment.  Turn it off and relight.
4. Don’t leave flammables (except firecoat) on the soldering benches, e.g., paper towels, books, plastic bottles and cups, etc. 
5. If you smell propane, don’t assume someone else will take care of it.
6. Be sure that both oxygen and fuel valves are closed on unlit torches.
7. Be aware of the direction of the heat plume from a lit torch.
8. Keep your hair out of the flame.   
9. If you are melting metal to pour an ingot, make sure your metal and mold are dry.  Molten metal can pop and splatter if it comes in contact with even trace amounts of moisture.
10. Wear proper eye protection when using the torches. Most soldering is done without dark lenses, but if a process is causing you to have afterimages, you should wear a #3 shade lens for that type of work.  A #3 lens will also be enough protection in most casting situations. A #5 lens may be needed when casting metals with higher melting points (bronze, brass, and copper) and for prolonged melting of larger volumes of metal (50 grams or more). A #5 to #11 lens would also be needed for platinum work.
11. Throwing hot metal into the pickle solution can cause spattering, dispersing toxic and corrosive particles into the air, which can harm your skin, lungs, eyes, and clothing.  So do it carefully if at all.

Austin Community College is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for study and work. You are expected to learn and comply with ACC environmental, health and safety procedures and agree to follow ACC safety policies. Additional information on these can be found at http://www.austincc.edu/ehs. Because some health and safety circumstances are beyond our control, we ask that you become familiar with the Emergency Procedures poster and Campus Safety Plan map in each classroom. Additional information about emergency procedures and how to sign up for ACC Emergency Alerts to be notified in the event of a serious emergency can be found at http://www.austincc.edu/emergency/ Please note, you are expected to conduct yourself professionally with respect and courtesy to all. Anyone who thoughtlessly or intentionally jeopardizes the health or safety of another individual will be immediately dismissed from the day’s activity, may be withdrawn from the class, and/or barred from attending future activities.

Use of ACC Email

All College e-mail communication to students will be sent solely to the student’s ACCmail account, with the expectation that such communications will be read in a timely fashion. ACC will send important information and will notify you of any college related emergencies using this account.  Students should only expect to receive email communication from their instructor using this account.  Likewise, students should use their ACCmail account when communicating with instructors and staff.  Instructions for activating an ACCmail account can be found at http://www.austincc.edu/accmail/index.php.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

The success of our students is paramount, and ACC offers a variety of support services to help, as well as providing numerous opportunities for community engagement and personal growth.

Student Support

ACC strives to provide exemplary support to its students and offers a broad variety of opportunities and services. A comprehensive array of student support services is available online at:

https://www.austincc.edu/student-support

Student Accessibility Services

Austin Community College (ACC) is committed to providing a supportive, accessible, and inclusive learning environment for all students.  Each campus offers support services for students with documented disabilities. Students with disabilities who need classroom, academic or other accommodations must request them through Student Accessibility Services (SAS).

Students are encouraged to request accommodations when they register for courses or at least three weeks before the start of each semester they are enrolled, otherwise the provision of accommodations may be delayed.  Students who have received approval for accommodations from SAS for this course must provide the instructor with the legal document titled “Notice of Approved Accommodations (NAA)” from SAS.

Until the instructor receives the NAA from the student accommodations should not be provided.  Once the NAA is received, accommodations must be provided.  Accommodations are not retroactive, so it is in the student’s best interest to deliver the NAA on the first day of class.  

Please contact SAS@austincc.edu for more information.

Academic Support

ACC offers academic support services on all of its campuses. These services, which include online tutoring, academic coaching, and supplemental instruction, are free to enrolled ACC students. Tutors are available in a variety of subjects ranging from accounting to pharmacology. Students may receive these services on both a drop-in and referral basis. 

An online tutor request can be made here:

https://de.austincc.edu/bbsupport/online-tutoring-request/

Additional tutoring information can be found here:

austincc.edu/onlinetutoring

Personal Support

Personal Support

Resources to support students are available at every campus. To learn more, ask your professor or visit the campus Support Center. All resources and services are free and confidential. Some examples include, among others:

• Food resources including community pantries and bank drives can be found here:

https://www.centraltexasfoodbank.org/food-assistance/get-food-now

• Assistance with childcare or utility bills is available at any campus Support Center: http://www.austincc.edu/students/support-center.
• The Student Emergency Fund can help with unexpected expenses that may cause you to withdraw from one or more classes: http://www.austincc.edu/SEF.
• Help with budgeting for college and family life is available through the Student Money Management Office: http://sites.austincc.edu/money/.  
• A full listing of services for student parents is available at: https://www.austincc.edu/students/child-care

• The CARES Act Student Aid will help eligible students pay expenses related to COVID-19: 

https://www.austincc.edu/coronavirus/cares-act-student-aid.   

Mental health counseling services are available throughout the ACC Student Services District to address personal and or mental health concerns: http://www.austincc.edu/students/counseling .

If you are struggling with a mental health or personal crisis, call one of the following numbers to connect with resources for help.  However, if you are afraid that you might hurt yourself or someone else, call 911 immediately.

Free Crisis Hotline Numbers:

• Austin / Travis County 24-hour Crisis & Suicide hotline: 512-472-HELP (4357)
• The Williamson County 24-hour Crisis hotline: 1-800-841-1255
• Bastrop County Family Crisis Center hotline: 1-888-311-7755
• Hays County 24 Hour Crisis Hotline: 1-877-466-0660
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
• Crisis Text Line: Text “home” to 741741
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline:   1-800-662-HELP (4357)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Helpline:1-800-950-NAMI (6264)

ACC Campus carry policy

Concealed Handgun Policy

The Austin Community College District concealed handgun policy ensures

compliance with Section 411.2031 of the Texas Government Code (also known as

the Campus Carry Law), while maintaining ACC’s commitment to provide a safe

environment for its students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Beginning August 1, 2017, individuals who are licensed to carry (LTC) may do so on

campus premises except in locations and at activities prohibited by state or federal

law, or the college’s concealed handgun policy.

It is the responsibility of license holders to conceal their handguns at all times.

Persons who see a handgun on campus are asked to contact the ACC Police

Department by dialing 222 from a campus phone or 512-223- 7999.

For more information visit: http://www.austincc.edu/campus-carry/policy