Jewelry + Metalsmithing Masters Theses

 

RISD’s graduate program in Jewelry + Metalsmithing cultivates individual excellence by emphasizing rigorous research, material experimentation and creative practice. Graduate students produce meaningful work by being encouraged to question and investigate the forces that motivate them and to engage in critical discourse with the creative community within and beyond the department.In the final semester, degree candidates focus on creating a comprehensive body of work under the guidance of a thesis committee. All MFA candidates produce a written thesis and participate in the RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, a large-scale public show held annually.

“Our graduate program in Jewelry + Metalsmithing is both a bastion of tradition and a vanguard of innovation. We offer students individualized support from diversely skilled and experienced faculty members, along with distinguished guest critics who propel them along personal lines of research. We cultivate professional curiosity as well as empathy, encouraging students to respect otherness and reject cultural and aesthetic appropriation.” - Timothy Veske-McMahon, Graduate Program Director

Graduate Program Director: Timothy Veske-McMahon

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Theses from 2024

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Naturify 2300, Yarina Yiwei Dai

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Threading with Hair // Intertwined Stories, Cloris Ding

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Navigating Transience, nina liu

Theses from 2023

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Physical Documentation of Censored Incidents Liberates One from the Doubts of Existence., Winnie Cheung

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Home. Objects. Transitions., Fei Gao

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The Common Destiny of Living Creatures, Xiaodai Huang

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Algorithmic Mirage: The Enigma of Black Box Algorithm, Brenda Li

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Bridging Empathy, Qianwen Lu

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Luminous Eating, Ayesha Mohyuddin

Theses from 2022

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Zoomorphic amalgamation: speculative devices for alternative communication, Yuta Yang

Theses from 2021

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The reenactment : "object" as performance, Yue Jiang

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A hypothetical debate, Talya Kantro

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Hybrid garment, Diya Wang

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Security blanket, Danni Xu

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Futuristic communication, Haotian Yang

Theses from 2020

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Bundles and blanks and binds and bends, Steven Kaplan-Pistiner

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A space for reconciliation, Xiaoran Liu

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Bluenessless, Yuxin Long

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The line, Hannah Oatman

Theses from 2019

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Distance is a place, Zhiqing Guo

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Instants // intervals, Valerie James

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Trademark, Cathryn Jasterzbski

Theses from 2018

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Wild power, Iris Han

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BioVice: a survival tool company, Chubai Liu

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From armor to augmentation : reclaiming my everyday body, Molly Palecek

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The dream alchemy, Yue Tan

Theses from 2017

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Materializing conflict and resilience, Neta Ron

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The last objects, Melissa Tyson

Theses from 2016

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Eulogy, Luci Jockel

Theses from 2015

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Untitled, Esme Choi

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Handle, Wei Lah Poh