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3000 Level Sculpture Course Descriptions
SCULP 3000
Intermediate Sculpture
Intermediate and advanced students work on individual projects determined
through discussion with and critiques by faculty. Emphasis is on both
sculptural aesthetics and appropriate technology. Prerequisite: SCULP
1001.
SCULP 3001
Figure Sculpture: Metals
This course offers a direct approach to figurative sculpture. Techniques
of metal fabrication, as well as modeling skills are taught. Prerequisite:
SCULP 2003.
SCULP 3004
Intermediate Figure Sculpture
Intermediate and advanced students pursue individual figure sculpture
projects determined through discussion with and critiques by faculty.
Prerequisite: SCULP 2003.
SCULP 3005
Figurative Abstraction
Using a model as visual reference, students explore various methods
of figurative abstraction, both historical and contemporary. Final projects
are produced in a variety of media, both directly and indirectly formed.
SCULP 3007
Multilevel Metalworking
Intermediate and advanced students broaden and refine their skills through
technical and theoretical problem solving. Students experiment with
a wide range of scale, format, and media options, with emphasis on the
creation of meaning in personal objects. Slide presentations and readings
for discussion provide historical and contemporary context for investigations
of such concepts as ornamentation, scale, utility, and the body as site.
Prerequisite: SCULP 1003.
SCULP 3012
Advanced Foundry
Advanced students pursue individual casting projects while continuing
to develop and refine casting skills. Alternative investment techniques
are explored. Emphasis is placed on individual experimentation and development.
Prerequisite: SCULP 2013.
SCULP 3014
Metal Casting
Refined by the Chinese over 2000 years ago and used widely by the Mayans
and the Ashanti tribe of Africa, lost wax casting became synonymous
in the sixteenth century with the works of Benvenuto Cellini, Florentine
goldsmith and sculptor. The term “casting” is used to describe
the sequence of processes leading to the transformation of a model into
another material, traditionally metal. Wax-working techniques, sprueing,
investing, non-plaster molds, and investing through burnout and casting
will be covered. This course will introduce the technical and conceptual
advantages of small, intricate castings such as series production, modular
components, and multiples. Alternatives to metals will also be addressed.
Prerequisite: SCULP 1003.
SCULP 3016
Jewelry: Adornment, Body, and Context
This course investigates the specific technical methodologies and historical
lineage of jewelry-making skills, production, and the inherent properties
of materials. Intermediate students would be expected to explore the
relationship and development of jewelry-making to wearability, adornment,
industry, and the question of ornamentation. Particular emphasis will
be placed on challenging the narrative definition of jewelry through
materials, processes, forms, scale, and placement. Prerequisite: SCULP
1003.
SCULP 3020
The Art of The Puppet: Surrogates, Rogues, and Thespians
This course investigates the theory, history, and studio practice of
puppetry, from the Commedia dell’Arte to Mummenschanz,
seeking out the role and potential of puppets in theater, performance,
and animation. Students are required to construct at least one puppet
(string, glove, rod, shadow, and animation). Readings on puppetry and
group discussions are included. Prerequisite: FIRYR 1003.
SCULP 3021
The Puppet and Its Theatre
This class will explore the immediate relationship between the form
of the puppet and the stage designed for its use. Standard puppet forms
(hand, rod, marionette, and doll) along with standard stages (curtained
prosceniums, booths, table tops, boxes) will be manipulated and exploited
to create puppets that can’t exist without their stages, as well
as stages that can’t exist without their puppets. Knowledge of
basic woodworking tools is required.
SCULP 3022
Sculptural Objects in Performance
This course focuses on the making and use of props and costumes for
use in performance and time arts. Taught in a workshop format, students
will explore different techniques from both traditional theater arts
as well as sculptural ideas that can be integrated into performance.
Subjects might include: scale in costume, sound elements in objects,
altering identity with props, and the use of multiples. Students will
be encouraged to produce objects that can be incorporated into their
performance work.
SCULP 3029
Possibilities in Metal-Forming
Intermediate- and advanced-level students explore the plastic capabilities
of nonferrous sheet metal through die-forming, embossing, and debossing.
Historical and contemporary approaches to this early industrial process
will be studied through slides, texts, and demonstrations. Students
will be encouraged to experiment with multiples or one-of-a-kind objects.
Assignments, readings, and critiques will be required. Prerequisite:
SCULP 1003.
SCULP 3030
Installation/Environment/Site
This course is a structural and poststructural investigation of sculptural
site activation. The students explore the theory and practice of how
work gets contextualized and redefined through its placement within
a larger social, political, and economic sphere of meaning. Students
investigate options and determinants operative in both indoor and outdoor
sites, installations, and environments. Although the focus of the class
is contemporary, topics of discussion range from Rodin’s Burghers
of Calais to the public projections of Krzysztof Wodiczko. An indoor
space is available for student use and cooperative interaction is encouraged.
Prerequisite: intermediate level work in any media or consent of instructor.
SCULP 3031
Undergraduate Sculpture Seminar
This forum is designed to address and discuss a wide range of sculpture
issues.
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