examining space
Course Description
Summary
Are you interested in taking a closer look at the immediate and collective spaces that we live in? What are some of the realities that exist around us and why/ how can we build work that pushes against these basic constructs.
This introductory course will investigate basic building techniques and principles behind making Sculpture through experiential learning. This class will introduce classical casting techniques as well as projects directed for maximum use of the woodshop and hand tools. For the first project, we will prepare wax originals to be cast in bonded sand for a production aluminum pour here at the College!! This will be a public event organized and run by this class! The following two projects will continue introductions to material manipulations of classical processes and more contemporary approaches. We will use materials such as but not limited to wood, steel, plaster, and alginate, as well as non toxic glues, hardware and fasteners. The students will become knowledgeable of safety procedures and understand how to respect tools and spaces within the sculpture department. The students will invent ways to work around a problem. Each student will be responsible for keeping a sketchbook as well as consistently propagating a digital folder. This practice will act as a reference for student responsibilities as well as open conversation around portfolio building.. There will be regular project related presentations, and readings that will complement individual group critiques.
Learning Outcomes
- 1. Learn to use the equipment for fabrication and methods of construction involving wood, metal, and plaster.
2. Gain fluency in the fundamental aesthetics of three dimensional form.
3. Learn about the history of sculptural practices up to the contemporary moment, in its diversity of cultural perspectives and identities.
4. Become familiar with the process of transferring drawing and narrative prompts into three dimensional form.