Undergraduate Course: Designing for Glass (Object, Light, Space and Meaning) (LLLA07128)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (ECA) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED
The development of the individual¿s own creative direction in glass is the purpose of this course. This course offers students with experience of glass processes taught in preceding OLL courses the opportunity to develop both their skills and their personal vocabulary with the medium, ranging from small, wearable pieces to larger works for installation.
This course develops skills in working with and designing using stained glass, glass painting, fusing, sandblasting, relief casting, and bonding. Attention will be paid to how technical skills and an awareness and understanding of the medium and how artists have used and continue to use it can inform the development of related ideas to enable students to make a series of samples and finished works. Students will be encouraged to develop increasingly innovative and experimental approaches to the medium supported by research and development of visual ideas.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 8 |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 27,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
71 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. RESEARCH
Demonstrate a deeper awareness of current practice in and applications for architectural, painted and fused glass including an understanding of technical aspects of working with glass, development of an awareness of glass as it relates to light and space, through the use of a sketchbook or visual journal.
2. PRACTICE
Develop individual experiments and samples into distinctive final piece or pieces which demonstrate an informed use of a range of techniques in service of a developed individual voice.
3. PRESENT
Select, edit and present a coherent body of research, samples and finished work that demonstrates practical and aesthetic judgement in making and presenting designs for contemporary glass projects.
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Assessment Information
This course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual design works within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved design works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class.
The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
working with creative glass techniques and processes
designing with glass
an understanding of the use of light in glass
ability to deploy a developed a visual language
ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of architectural glass within visual culture
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| Reading list |
Essential
BEEH-LUSTENBERGER, Suzanne, 2008, Capter la lumière : femmes artistes-verriers du XXIe siècle = Gathering light : female glass artists of the 21st century, Chartres: Centre Internaional Du Vitrail.
SCHAECHTER, Judith, 2009, Beauty and the Beef, San Francisco: Blurb.
Recommended
MOOR, Andrew, 2006, Colours of Architecture, London: Mitchell Beazley.
COFFEY, Yvonne, 2009, Glass Jewellery, London: A&C Black.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Typically, the course is delivered in weekly taught sessions of between 2.5 and 3 hours for 9-11 weeks or for 5-6 hour weekly sessions for 5 weeks.
Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work undertaken during the class)
Directed hours: 27.5 (work the tutor has set students to each week in their own time)
Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied)
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
Tel:
Email: r.bushe@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
Email: s.landles@ed.ac.uk |
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