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3.00 Credits
These courses familiarize students with concepts of contemporary sculpture and with a variety of sculptural media such as wood, clay and plaster. Problems are formulated to explore various aesthetic and conceptual styles and techniques. Although the course format includes slide presentations as well as individual group critiques, the focus is on working in the studio.
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3.00 Credits
These courses provide exposure to the tools, techniques and vocabulary of clay as a design medium through lectures, demonstrations and participation. The emphasis is on problem-solving in clay as investigated through traditional hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques.
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3.00 Credits
Focusing on collage and assemblage as a means of expression, projects include working with paper, paint, photocopy, fabric, wood and found objects, and are begun in the classroom and finished independently. The class format includes viewing slides and taking field trips to stimulate discussion of multimedia artists. Students are exposed to comprehensive thinking, creativity and originality.
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3.00 Credits
The first semester includes an in-depth approach to acquiring basic skills used in the fabrication of nonferrous metals (copper, brass, nickel, sterling, gold). The progression of techniques from sawing, riveting, soldering and bezel stone- setting to refining is combined with the development of design and aesthetic consideration. The second semester surveys a variety of casting processes, such as cuttlebone, investing, burnout and clean-up. The emphasis is on matrix selection and form/textural development. Integration of elements with other forms and processes is stressed.
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3.00 Credits
The introductory level stresses the inherent properties of the medium. Projects begin with single objects.
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3.00 Credits
Monoprinting utilizes a variety of techniques for making unique prints from easily manipulated materials. It includes traditional painting and drawing approaches, as well as new technologies that are rewarding for painters or sculptors working from any stylistic approach. Safer products and processes are demonstrated, including printing from photocopies and photosensitive polymers requiring no harmful chemicals. Students work with both black and colored inks. No previous printmaking experience is required. Enrollment is limited.
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3.00 Credits
Participants execute one of a kind examples of both adhesive and non-adhesive bindings. Book construction techniques include concertina, pamphlet, album, and swen signature formats with hard and soft covers. Decorative techniques include making paste papers and water-based Japanese marbling. During the second semester, students refine their comprehension of the various adhesive and non-adhesive structures. Simple text and imaging possibilities are introduced. Emphasis is placed on design and content. . Some materials are provided. Limited enrollment.
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3.00 Credits
Intermediate students are exposed to a broader range of techniques and image making possibilities in print media. Both individual and group critiques arepart of the class format.
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the use of photography as a vehicle for personal vision and expression, using technical, conceptual and perceptual approaches. Individual and group critiques are conducted.
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6.00 Credits
These courses are designed for those students who have completed at least two semesters of figure drawing and wish to continue with this wonderfully elastic imagery. The studio time is structured to include longer, more complex poses, that allowing students to create drawings that are not only more fully developed, but also include more advanced media control, both wet and dry. The class format includes slide lectures, gallery visits and ongoing critiques in addition to working from the model for up to six hours per week.
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