Undergraduate Course: Jewellery and Silversmithing 2B: Fundamentals of Designing and Making Silver (DESI08146)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides an introduction for year two and direct entry level students to practices associated with the designing and making of studio silver.. The students will be introduced to fundamental silversmithing design skills, utilising a range of materials, through critically underpinned, practice-led teaching.
Key visual research methods will be conveyed through short thematic projects and set technical exercises. Students will be able to apply learnt design process skills towards the production of a range of prototypes and finished pieces. Students will be introduced to creative methods of research in response to project briefs through sketching ideas, the generation of design books as well as methods of model making from 2D into 3D forms. Processes will be recorded via the means of a technical sketchbook. |
| Course description |
Students are introduced to the discipline of Silversmithing through a series of short thematic projects. Through these, students are encouraged to explore outcomes using a range of techniques that demonstrate sophisticated material handling and creative responses.
The aim of this course is to equip students with a fundamental understanding of the design process and communication of ideas through material and making.
This course complements Jewellery and Silversmithing 1B: Objects, Materials and Narrative, but has no pre-requisites and takes into account the direct-entry Y2 students without prior experience of metal working and tool handling coming into the department. Students will be expected to have foundational design knowledge acquired in first year or equivalent for direct entry students. The design briefs and technical teaching will be challenging and enable students to acquire discipline-specific practice-led learning at a more developed level to consider function, form and scale.
The course will be delivered through weekly practical workshops of approx. 8 hrs each week. Regular feedback will be available from staff and peers.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is only available to students in the School of Design. |
| Additional Costs | Small costs for materials i.e. base metals and 3D modelling materials. Shouldn't exceed £40 |
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: 14 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 44,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 4,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 36,
External Visit Hours 3,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
108 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Feedback |
Formative feedback:
Students receive formative verbal feedback from staff and student peers in class on a weekly basis. A group tutorial session will be offered for each project brief.
Summative Feedback:
Students will be provided with individual written feedback and grades on their summative submissions, which will be provided via Learn VLE as per university regulations. The feedback for Project 1 will inform students¿ work on Project 2.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Generate a wide range of practical, theoretical and visual research in response to object making/silversmithing project themes.
- Use a range of research, design and innovative methods, some complex, to investigate personal lines of enquiry using materials associated with the discipline.
- Resolve studio work demonstrating a variety of refined techniques and outcomes relevant to the discipline
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Reading List
- Cane, Kyra. Making and Drawing. A&C Black Visual Arts (2012).¿
- Cherry, Norman. Jewellery Design and Development from Concept to Object. Bloomsbury Publishing (2013)¿
- Codina,Carles. Handbook of Jewellery Techniques. A & C Black Lark Books (2000)¿
- Codina, Carles. Jewellery and Silversmithing Techniques. London: A & C Black (2002)
- McCreight, Tim. Complete Metalsmith: An Illustrated Handbook. Davis Publications (1982)¿¿
- Rowe, Michael. The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals: A Manual for Fine Metalworkers, Sculptors and Designers. Watson-Guptill, (1991)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The topic and structure of this course is designed to help equip students with cognitive and subject specific skills: directly related to the field of Jewellery and Silversmithing.
Professional skills: Technical competence and awareness in a metalworking workshop and studio environment. An awareness of health and safety practices in a metalworking workshop and studio environment. An understanding and application of visual research methods in the context of the discipline (primary and secondary). Translating gathered visual research into finished three dimensional outcomes.
Transferable skills: autonomy, accountability, engaging and working with others. Self-organisation and time management (self-led projects and independent technical exploration).
Craft competence, understanding, awareness of disciplinary history and context.
Communication skills: Students will develop the ability to integrate the key concepts of the course & relate them to their own practice. Communication of ideation and critical reflection through sketchbooks and oral presentations in a group and individual context.
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| Keywords | Object,Metal,Materials,Design,Design Process,Development Process,Making,Studio,Practice |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Heather Woof
Tel: (0131 6)51 5807
Email: hwoof@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emili Astrom
Tel:
Email: rstrom@ed.ac.uk |
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