Undergraduate Course: Jewellery and Silversmithing: Etching (LLLA07238)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Working with precious and base metals, this course will develop students' skills and teach the use of etching and surface pattern in jewellery and silversmithing. |
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Academic Description
Working with precious and base metals, this course will develop students' skills and teach the use of etching and surface pattern in jewellery and silversmithing. The course will incorporate the process of research and design, such as the relationship between a two dimensional design on paper and how it may be realised and developed into a three-dimensional object. Initial projects will include various short workshops in etching on sheet metal which leads to developing your own personal project.
Outline of Content
The course teaching is typically delivered over weekly class sessions of around 3 hours each and totaling 30 hours. Alternatively, the course can be delivered more intensely or as a block if required.
Over the class sessions the course will cover:
A one week refresher in basic jewellery techniques - a short earring/cufflink project.
Experimental workshop in texturing and surface pattern using hammers, roll printing and oxidisation.
Introduction to etching techniques on base and precious sheet metal.
Using the etching tank & using etching resists.
Short sheet metal ring and bangle project.
Using combined techniques learned so far to design for personal project.
The Learning Experience
The teaching will be based and delivered in specialist art and design studios or workshops and will typically include a range of practical exercises, introductions to techniques, processes and concepts, and set projects which lead to more focused and personal exploration. Over the course, students' progress will be monitored and supported by the tutor. Teaching will include practical demonstrations, one to one tuition, group discussions and critiques.
For work required to be undertaken after the class hours are complete, the course tutor will set students a 'directed study plan' which can be undertaken without the need for specialist workshops or access to models.
Directed study will include research into a range of suggested artists and their associated movements to engender a contextual awareness. Students are expected to demonstrate how their research has informed their work through annotated sketchbooks, a visual digital journal and practical outcomes.
The Directed Study Plan will include preparing evidence of research and practical work to form an appropriate presentation for assessment.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research, context and ideas: Use a range of strategies effective for recording and developing ideas and concepts through drawing and model making, which can be translated into jewellery designs, supported by contextual references.
- Practice, skills and techniques: Demonstrate a confidence in employing a range of basic jewellery and etching techniques to create a range of experimental test pieces and resolved items of jewellery.
- Selection, presentation and reflection: Select, edit and present a coherent a range of test pieces and finished works which demonstrate a creative and informed understanding of etched jewellery.
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Reading List
McCreight, T.,1982. The Complete Metalsmith, Worcester MA: Davis Publications.
Codina, C., 2000. Handbook of Jewellery Techniques, London: A&C Black.
De Bono, E., 2007. How to have Creative Ideas: 62 Exercises to Develop the Mind, London: Vermillion
Astfalck, J., 2005. New Directions in Jewellery, London: Black Dog Publishing Ltd.
Clarke, B., 2006. New Directions in Jewellery II, London: Black Dog Publishing Ltd.
Ebendorf, R., 2004. 1000 Rings - Inspiring adornments for the hand, New York: Lark Books.
Gilhooley, D., 1997. Unclasped, London: Black Dog Publishing Ltd.
Rowley, S., ed., 1997. Craft & Contemporary Theory, London: Allen & Unwin.
Greenhalgh, P. ed., 2002. The Persistence of Craft, London: A & C Black
Adamson, G., 2007.Thinking Through Craft, Oxford: BERG
Dormer, P. & Turner, R., 1994. The New Jewellery: Trends + Traditions Revised Edition, London: Thames and Hudson.
Dormer, P., ed., 1997. The Culture of Craft, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to make effective use of jewellery making techniques.
Designing 3D objects.
Creating a visual journal or sketchbook.
Transforming and combining materials.
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of jewellery within visual culture.
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| Keywords | Jewellery,etching,techniques,personal,visual culture,base metals,precious,metals |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Oliver Reed
Tel:
Email: Oliver.Reed@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Kameliya.Skerleva@ed.ac.uk |
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