Postgraduate Course: Digital Crafting (DESI11163)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Craft can be described as an interaction and connection between a person and a tool; be it a pen, a glass blower's pipe or a computer. New digital tools have bridged the gap between the digital and material world.
You will explore new relationships between traditional craft making techniques within the discipline of glass and digital fabrication processes. You will engage in practical glass workshops and Digital Fabrication Labs located in Edinburgh College of Art and participate in a short lecture based programme exploring the impact of new technologies within the context of craft in the age of the post-digital artisan. |
| Course description |
You will explore new relationships between traditional craft making techniques within the discipline of glass and digital fabrication processes.
A series of short online workshops in the first half of the course will introduce you to new tools (digital and traditional), allowing you to explore their potential in your self-initiated project.
The workshops will cover the following areas:
3D printing
3D modelling
Laser cutting
Traditional and digital fabrication processes
The second half of the course will be a self-initiated project exploring how these new skill-sets can be integrated into your practice. The outcome of this will be in the form of a portfolio documenting the final artefact and journey of the process.
The aim of this course is to expose you to new processes, mediums and new design thinking methods. It will explore how these can be influenced by your specialism and/or how they can be integrated into your practice.
This course will meet weekly, either through seminars which will run for 1-2 hrs or through practical sessions and studio workshops which will run for 2-3hrs.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 22 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 3,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10,
External Visit Hours 4,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
171 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
This course has 2 assessment components:
1. Project 1 Portfolio and a Reflective Journal (weekly blog) that critically reflects upon progress on the course to date. To include a reflective speculative essay (500 words); 40%, weeks 6-7.
2. Project 2 Portfolio, Project 3 Portfolio and a Reflective Journal (weekly blog) that critically reflects upon progress on the course to date. To include a reflective statement (500 words); 60%, May exam diet.
Component 1 will be assessed equally against LO1, LO2 & LO3.
Component 2 will be assessed equally against LO1, LO2 & LO3.
For the Project 2 and Project 3 Portfolios, you are asked to submit artefacts, images and text to communicate your understanding of the learning acquired through the course. The portfolio elements should evidence both your material and conceptual learning. |
| Feedback |
Formative Feedback
Feedback is regularly communicated verbally through group and individual meetings, workshops, and seminars where work and ideas are discussed with both peers and course tutor(s).
Summative Feedback:
The summative feedback for component 1 will feed directly into component 2.
Summative written feedback will be provided by course tutor(s) via Learn as per university regulations. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a high level of critical awareness of current issues surrounding the subject of Digital Craft.
- Apply knowledge, skills and understanding using a significant range of the techniques, practices and materials within the subject of Digital Craft.
- Critically analyse and evaluate issues that are at the forefront of Digital Craft and apply them to related issues within your specialist area.
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Reading List
Adamson, Glenn. (2013). The Invention of Craft. London. Bloomsbury Academic
Charney, Daniel. (2011). Power of Making: The Case for Making and Skills. London. V&A Publishing
Johnston, Laura. (2015). The Digital Handmade: Craftmanship in the New Industrial Revolution. Thames and Hudson Ltd
Labaco, Ron. (2013). Out of Hand: Materialising the Postdigital. London. Black Dog Publishing
Mccullough, Malcolm. (1998). Abstracting Craft: The Practice of the Digital Hand. MIT Press
Openshaw, Jonathan. (2015). Postdigital Artisans: Craftmanship with a New Aesthetic in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture, Frame Publishers |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The course will help students develop the following mindsets and skills:
1. Research and Enquiry: Students will develop the ability to identify and creatively tackle problems and to identify or create processes to solve them within the framework of Digital Crafting. Through informed respect for the principles, methods, standards, values and boundaries of their discipline(s) and the capacity to question these from the perspective of Digital Crafting, they will learn to seek out opportunities for new learning.
2. Personal and intellectual autonomy: Students will develop the ability to critically evaluate ideas, evidence and experiences from an open-minded and reasoned perspective. Through an openness to new ideas, methods and ways of thinking about their discipline and the field of Design within the framework of Digital Crafting.
3. Personal effectiveness: Students will become effective and proactive individuals within the field of design. They will be skilled in influencing positively and adapting to new situations with sensitivity and integrity.
They will develop the ability to work effectively with others, capitalising on their different thinking, experience and skills.
4. Communication: By proposing creative ways to communicate within the field of digital craft and design, they will develop ways to enhance their understanding of digital Craft and Design and to engage effectively with others. By collaborating with and relating to others and articulating their practice, they will communicate their work effectively through self- reflection and oral presentation. |
| Keywords | Digital Craft,Craft,Glass,Jewellery,Metal,Making,Materiality,Digital Fabrication,Fab Lab |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kee Ryong Choi
Tel: (0131 6)51 5816
Email: kchoi@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Aidan Cole
Tel: (0131 6)50 2306
Email: acole33@ed.ac.uk |
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