Massachusetts College of Art and Design

An introduction to object-building in the woodshop. Students are instructed in the proper use and application of hand and power tools, material selection, and safety issues. Weekly projects incorporate design/concept problem solving with various construction form-making techniques.

Prerequisites:

SFDN182, SFDN183, SFDN191

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

MassArt is an institution, but it doesn't have to look like one! There are many needs that the college has for stairway banisters, planters, railings, conference tables, signage etc. This course is a focused effort to address some of the needs of the college as a professional, creative opportunity. Students select one or more projects for the class to address as a group effort.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This is a studio-based course that focuses on making ceramic objects which improve people's health and living conditions. Students will be introduced to various global non-profit organizations whose missions are to combine art and social concerns, including water purification, hunger, shelter and mental stress while learning how to make their own ceramic objects. Various handbuilding, wheelthrowing, mold-making and design techniques will be used in studio projects. This course is appropriate for both beginning and advanced-level students.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Drawing is a tool essential for jewelry designers and object makers. Whether the student plans to be a studio artist, own a small business or work at a big firm, he or she will need to express ideas clearly with images. In this course, students will explore drawing as a tool for developing and refining ideas before committing to making them. Students will work in various traditional media: markers; color pencils; gouache, and watercolor. The class will pay attention to how the choice of media can influence the style of the work being rendered. The class will alternate between hand drawing and computer rendering using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Students will utilize these programs as a layout tool, to explore design variations, to create and control patterns and as a drawing and rendering tool. The class willl investigate how computers can be an addition to hand drawing skills by manipulating drawings, renderings and photographs. Knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop is encouraged.

Prerequisites:

introduction to drawing (perspective and lighting). Knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop is encouraged.

Type:

hybrid studio

This course will expose students to a variety of somewhat specialized techniques that can be applied to furniture production. Sessions explore the basics of select special skills, with of the objective of giving students enough exposure to begin applying these techniques independently to their studio projects. Areas of study may include turning, veneering, vacuum pressing, casework techniques, laminating, chair-making techniques, upholstery, caning and marquetry, and carved molding.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A drawing studio in which students can explore different methods and applications of drawing appropriate for object-makers. Discussion and projects include using drawing as a tool to understand space, to discover the various possibilities of an object, and/or to incorporate it with an object. Students are encouraged to experiment with various materials, techniques and formats.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This lecture-based course is designed to provide a deeper understanding of the jewelry traditions in non-western as well as western cultures. Topics are thematically organized and examine historic and contemporary contexts through slide lectures. The lectures are complemented by a library tour, fieldtrips, visits to local museum collections and current gallery exhibitions and visiting artist lectures (which are organized by the Jewelry and Metalsmithing Area). Ongoing class discussions focus on related topics and assigned reading material. Part of the class is geared towards strengthening presentation as well as research skills through specific assignments.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

See 3DFB101.<br />

Prerequisites:

None

This is a drawing class that will join drawing to sculpture and object-making. The class explores conventional and experimental ways to draw and to incorporate drawing into studio practice. Some projects will focus on skills, others on conceptual aspects of the relationship between 2D and 3D thinking and production. Students will work on self-curating and presentation. Most of the work will be done in class. This class is a 300 level class open to all.

Prerequisites:

None

An investigation of traditional and modern uses of symbols through objects and place. Projects cover storytelling, literary comparisons, and analogies with ancient and personal ritual objects and images.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An examination of issues of site and space as a primary component in contemporary art-making. Projects deal with site specificity particular to socio-political and psychological issues, multimedia possibilities, and temporal conditions. The course also addresses issues related to documentation of installation work.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Emphasizes the use of mixed media in developing individual sculptural approaches. Various technical materials and processes are incorporated into course content. Experimental attitudes in creating objects and installations are encouraged.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course is designed for students who are either 3D majors or are 3D-oriented in their current work. In this class instruction and practice with computer applications is offered to familiarize students with methods of 3D modeling and using the computer to create interactive environments as part of their work.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

In this course students initiate and are guided through a hands-on design/build project based on fundamental tenets of furniture design. Students will come to class with work from Design Processes for Furniture Design to use as the basis for their project. This studio shop course will begin with a review of design fundamentals and the concept design process. If necessary, concepts are refined through additional drawings and maquette model-making as preparation for the concluding phase: completion of the final product. This class will also be open to students outside of the certificate program who have experience in basic hand tool use and maintenance as well as a comfort level for work in standing machine power tools.

Prerequisites:

Design Processes for Furniture Design

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

In this course students initiate and are guided through a hands-on design/build project based on fundamental tenets of furniture design. Students will come to class with work from Design Processes for Furniture Design to use as the basis for their project. This studio shop course will begin with a review of design fundamentals and the concept design process. If necessary, concepts are refined through additional drawings and maquette model-making as preparation for the concluding phase: completion of the final product. This class will also be open to students outside of the certificate program who have experience in basic hand tool use and maintenance as well as a comfort level for work in standing machine power tools.

Prerequisites:

The Art of Furniture Design: Fundamentals of Design and Construction I

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This is a drawing class for people whose main work is three-dimensional. We will explore conventional and experimental ways to draw and use drawing. Some projects will focus on skills; others on conceptual aspects of the relationship between 2D and 3D thinking and production. We will also work on self-curating and presentation. Most of the work will be done in class.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

This course will focus on both theory and practice. Students will research and analyze part of an accurate replica of the interior cupola of the Gwozdziec synagogue, originally built in the seventeenth century and destroyed during the Nazi invasion of Poland during WWII.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This program is designed for students whose interests may include: Poland; Czech Republic; historical wooden structure, Eastern European history, preservation, documentation, medieval carpentry and participating in a remarkable international experience. This year, the course will have two components; students will first travel to historic sites in Poland and work as a team to document a selected wooden structure from the seventeenth century through measured drawings and photography of architectural details and artifacts. Poland's wooden architecture includes Catholic and Orthodox Christian churches, mosques and synagogues. Today, many of these early wooden structures in Poland need restoration and documentation. Secondly, students will travel to the Czech Republic and join an international team of traditional timber frame carpenters that will be using a twenty-first century working replica of a fourteenth century human powered crane in the authentic restoration of the Castle Tocnik, located twenty miles east of Prague. Students will work along side world-class experts, reside in the castle, be an active part of the restoration project and travel to historic sites. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and experience. Czech television will be documenting the project for a made for television film with international partners.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

travel

This course is open to students from any college discipline having completed a prerequisite in either Projects in Wood, Materials and Methods or their equivalent. There will be an emphasis on developing an understanding of the dynamic relationship between form, subject, &amp; content. A wide range of wood-related techniques and processes such as joinery, wood lamination, carving, framing, steam bending, finishes, history of wood, and more may be presented through slide presentations, discussions, demonstrations and field trips.

Prerequisites:

3DTD201

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An examination of the business aspects of being an artist and a survey of career options and graduate school possibilities. Various professionals visit the class, including accountants, gallery directors, curators, lawyers, working artists, and public art directors. Students prepare a professional portfolio, which includes a resume and statement of intent, and give several presentations. Students are required to leave a copy of these materials in the FA3D office upon graduation. This course is required of all seniors in FA3D and is offered in the fall semester only.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

Working with greater autonomy in the shop environment, each student develops a more advanced design project in consultation with faculty. The project will be based on students' ongoing practice of concept documentation and idea development in their sketchbooks, and focused on continued evolution of individual vision and practice. Practical issues such as rapid decision making and timely procurement of materials are incorporated into the design/build process. This course may be combined with the Art of Furniture class depending upon enrollment.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This is the culmination of a five-semester concentration on the development of studio furniture. Students are required to produce a significant work of merit - a furniture suite, or a series of pieces - in order to successfully complete the capstone course. The expectation is for the student to produce work which is a cohesive representation of his or her individual aesthetic voice and vision. As such, the final work will be the defining element of the emerging artist's portfolio as the student moves into professional practice.

Prerequisites:

Intermediate Furniture Design: Pre-Capstone studio

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A studio elective course, introduces students to ideas and methods used in the contemporary field of ceramic object-making. Projects are designed to have students consider clay for both its fine art and design potential. Projects use a variety of tools including the slab roller, extruder and plaster molds, as well as traditional methods of building and throwing on the potter's wheel and address idea development. Projects also address color and surface and their relationships to forms. Students will choose methods of finishing work in gas or electric kilns, using a combination of studio and commercial glazes.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to the potter's wheel as a tool for clay form-making. Projects explore various techniques, development of skill and experimentation with functional and nonfunctional formats. Slip/glaze applications include both high and low-fire techniques with gas and electric kilns.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Ceramics has always been a desirable medium for artists' and designers' use because of its ability to be transformed in many ways. The premise of this course is to look at ceramics from the design point of view, whether it functional, decorative or sculptural. The goal will be to create three objects that are well-designed and planned out. The ceramic process used to create work will be up to each student - wheel thrown, molded or handbuilt, for example. The course also looks at the history of ceramic design and the work of contemporary designers.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course is focused on translating design concepts into finished ceramic objects. An emphasis on drawing and model making will be used as the basis for projects that use a variety of handbuilding, mold-making, casting, and finishing techniques. Previous experience in ceramics recommended but not required.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

See 3DTD208.<br />

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course introduces a variety of concepts and techniques used in contemporary ceramic object-making. Projects include ideas and skills used in both sculpture and design around the world today. This course includes slide lectures and field trips to introduce students to artists, designers and careers in the field of ceramics today. Through assigned projects students develop ideas and learn new skills-- building, finishing and firing ceramic objects. This course is open to both students with previous experience and no experience.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A study of the construction of portrait and figure executed from life in clay. Students work with plaster as a casting medium.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Ceramics is a field that marries form-making, surface finish, concept, image and technique. Ideas can be applied to both fine art and design objects. Image and Clay is a studio elective designed to introduce students to ideas, artists/designers and techniques which bring surface imagery to clay object-making. Projects include digital manipulation of imagery, silkscreening, decal making, and transfer printing. This course is appropriate for both artists and designers.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Design and fabricate individualized place settings, serving dishes, teapots, and vases. Employing hand-building, the potter's wheel, plaster molds, and various kiln-firing techniques (stoneware, soda, low-fire) students are able to create pottery that is useful as well as personally expressive. Frequent demonstrations, lectures, and dialogue with the instructor enable beginners as well as experienced workers to expand their vision and portfolio.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in the medium of clay. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. With faculty assistance; students define and develop two bodies of work for each semester. This work must explore different technical areas of clay object-making and firing. An active journal with source material related to the student's work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in the medium of clay. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. With faculty assistance; students define and develop two bodies of work for each semester. This work must explore different technical areas of clay object-making and firing. An active journal with source material related to the student's work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

Ceramic Sculpture is an advanced elective studio course which includes both aesthetic and technical information applied to producing contemporary ceramic sculpture. Over the semester, discussions concerning the potential of ceramic technologies and uses surrounding the 'art object' and sculpture will be built into the content of studio projects/investigations. Slide and book lectures will include objects of various cultures and periods. Presentation of objects, installation, site-specific and environmental art in nature and architecture will also be discussed and experienced. Through involved exploration, each student should expect to produce work which reflects personal technical and conceptual development.

Prerequisites:

any 3DCR course

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course investigates the production of ceramic objects that are developed within a series format. Projects include unique pieces that are part of a related series and limited editions of identical objects. Ideas explored include architectural relief tiles, tableware, and various sculptural formats. Mold-making and ceramic casting processes are incorporated with various low and high-fire glaze options.

Prerequisites:

any 200 level ceramic elective or permission

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Production and use of tiles, mosaics and reliefs. This course explores historical and contemporary uses of clay in architecture and object-making. Projects include design consideration, fabrication methods including mold and die processes and installation techniques. This course is appropriate for both fine artists and designers.

Prerequisites:

3DCR203

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Ceramic Chemistry offers students the opportunity to gain familiarity with clays, surfaces, and kilns. Weekly assignments, independent projects and two exams provide students with the exposure necessary to gain basic and personalized knowledge of ceramic materials and processes.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A ceramic studio elective course gives students the opportunity and skills to develop work which is narrative in nature. Whether creating designed functional objects or abstract sculpture, the focus on this course is create objects which are outside of the everyday realm. Content of ideas may stretch from current events to personal experiences. Projects may incorporate a number of building and finishing techniques. Finished work may be funny, outrageous, provocative or physiologically engaging.

Prerequisites:

by permission of instructor

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A studio elective course introduces students to a variety of building and finishing techniques used in contemporary ceramic object-making, while also giving each student the opportunity to design projects that suit their personal interests. With consultation from their faculty, students develop their skills and a body of work based in either fine arts or design ideas. The course is designed to accommodate both beginning and advanced level students who are able to take advantage of the ceramic studio at their own skill level. Technical information and demonstrations include idea development, handbuilding, wheelworking, moldmaking processes along with various low and high glaze finishing.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Assists students in developing a focused coherent body of work through several research projects, exposure to artists and concepts, and the coordination of personal sources, intent and ceramic technique.

Prerequisites:

6 credits in Ceramic Studios

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, model making, and journals to the creative process. Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the ceramics medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration.

Prerequisites:

6 credits in Ceramic Studios

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

A forum for discussion of current contemporary art making issues in the medium of clay. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. With faculty assistance, students define and develop two bodies of work for each semester. This work must explore different technical areas of clay object-making and firing. An active journal with source material related to the student's work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course assists Students in developing a focused coherent body of work through several research projects, exposure to artists and concepts, and the coordination of personal sources, intent and ceramic technique,

Prerequisites:

3DCR350, 3DCR351

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, model making, and journals to the creative process. Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the ceramics medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration.

Prerequisites:

take 3DCR450

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course is designed to give students exposure to Vietnamese culture, art and history. MassArt has a unique opportunity to explore this wonderful country with the support of the Indochina Arts Partnership. Prior to the trip, students will be given a brief overview of Vietnamese history and its cultural influences, focusing on Chinese, French (Beaux Arts) and Soviet (Socialist) influences. The group will travel to Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Imperial City of Hue, and Hanoi. Students will have the opportunity to visit galleries and museums, ancient pagodas and villages famous for ceramics, silk weaving and papermaking, local art colleges and many artists' studios. SEE TRAVEL COURSE SECTION FOR OFFICIAL REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. TRAVEL TO VIETNAM REQUIRED.

Prerequisites:

None

An exploration of traditional and non-traditional methods of form-making using a variety of flexible, soft, or fibrous materials. Projects explore both technical and conceptual possibilities. Students investigate materials for their potential as sculptural, architectural, functional objects and as mixed-media installations and site-specific environments.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to principles and techniques of floor loom weaving: including warp preparation, dressing the loom, pattern drafting, basic loom controlled and weaver controlled weaves. Slide presentations emphasize a personal approach to the media.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to fabric dyes and procedures and to resist processes. Japanese, African, and Indonesian techniques for tie-dye, batik, paste resists, and hand painting on fabric are studied. Emphasis is on development of personal expression as well as technical proficiency. Workshops, slide presentation, and a visiting artists lecture are included.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course is an introduction to traditional and experimental methods of hand papermaking, with an emphasis on papermaking as an expressive art medium. Projects explore 2D and 3D concepts and techniques, including sheet forming and casting. Emphasis is on personal expression and technical proficiency.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course will cover the history of the use of fiber material and techniques from around the world, with an emphasis on cultural diversity and similarities. Natural fiber production and development will lead into exploration of usages throughout the globe. Lecture, studio time and visiting artists are included.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to various methods of screen printing on fabric with dyes and pigments. Projects incorporate photographic and cut stencil techniques used in one of kind imagery and repeat pattern surfaces. Emphasis is on personal expression and technical experimentation.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Intro to Fibers is a class that introduces a mix of traditional and contemporary fiber techniques that may include a combination of sewing, knitting, crocheting, weaving, dyeing, and surface design using traditional and non-traditional materials.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Students will return to the origins of photography by hand coating fabric and paper with the light sensitive emulsions. Additional techniques may include Polaroid transfers, acrylic lifts, and heat transfers. Resultant images can be incorporated into quilts, clothing, artists books, collage/assemblage and can be combined with other techniques and processes applicable to paper and fabric.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course is for students interested in exploring the ways that knitting can be used as a medium for sculpture and installation. This class will explore different techniques of creating form: knitting in the round, sewing, using alternative materials, felting, found objects, knitting on looms and by machine. The course looks at artists using knitting and related techniques and will examine contemporary issues related to the variety of approaches.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

studio

A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in fiber mediums. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. Students define and develop a personal body of work. An active journal with source material related to this work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in fiber mediums. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. Students define and develop a personal body of work. An active journal with source material related to this work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.

Prerequisites:

3DFB300

Type:

lecture/seminar

An exploration of more complex weaving techniques, including computer-aided drafting, multiple harness, 3D weaves, and ikat. Projects emphasize contemporary uses of woven imagery and forms along with personal expression.

Prerequisites:

3DFB222

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the fiber medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the fiber medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration.

Prerequisites:

3DFB350

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in fiber mediums. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. Students define and develop a personal body of work. An active journal with source material related to this work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.

Prerequisites:

3DFB300, 3DFB301, 3DFB400

Type:

lecture/seminar

An exploration of more complex weaving techniques, including computer-aided drafting, multiple harness, 3D weaves, and ikat. Projects emphasize contemporary uses of woven imagery and forms along with personal expression.

Prerequisites:

3DFB322

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Development of a coherent body of work through coordination of the student's personal sources, intent and technical abilities. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. A research component complements the studio work to further develop the student's knowledge of historical and contemporary fiber art.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Development of a coherent body of work through coordination of the student's personal sources, intent and technical abilities. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. A research component complements the studio work to further develop the student's knowledge of historical and contemporary fiber art.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This is a studio foundation course that is meant to both acquaint students with the glass studio and to teach a survey of the techniques that are required for glass fabrication. Areas of focus will include: glassblowing, kiln casting, fused glass, sand casting and a general cold glass overview. Studio time will include lectures covering a survey of glass art history and visits with local glass artists.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

studio

An introduction to basic glassblowing techniques used to make vessels and sculptural forms. Group glassblowing clinics encourage team work. Progressively more difficult assignments develop skill and concepts. Historical and contemporary glass techniques, designs, and applications are discussed and incorporated into student work.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to techniques, tools, and equipment used in fabricating and assembling glass objects. Topics include equipment and technical information used to cut, grind, polish, drill and sandblast glass. Proper use and maintenance of all equipment is stressed. Historical and contemporary glass techniques, designs, and applications are discussed and incorporated into student work. Emphasis is on personal expression and technical proficiency.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course emphasizes individual expression and experimentation with glass as a sculptural medium. This class instructs students in various kiln-related casting, slumping and fusing techniques. Proper use and safety with shop equipment is emphasized.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to technical information used in the process of casting molten glass. Topics include various mold-making and mixed-media applications. Proper use and maintenance of all equipment is stressed. Historical and contemporary glass techniques, designs, and applications are discussed and incorporated into student work. Projects emphasize personal expression and experimentation, and technical proficiency.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This trip will be a dynamic exploration of Turkey and the role that it has played shaping the cultural, artistic and historical climate in Eastern Europe. As a bridge between Europe and Asia, Istanbul is a unique city in many ways. The course's goal is to explore the convergence of the contemporary art scene in Istanbul while reveling in the rich history and culture that Turkey has to offer. During our journey, we will spend our time both in Istanbul, and at an Artist Retreat located in the countryside 45 minutes north of the city, near the Black Sea. The school, "Cam Ocai" (in English refered to as The Glass Furnace) is Turkey's first glass school and has state of the art studios for learning, applying, and experimenting with various hot and cold glass techniques.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

A forum for discussion of current issues in contemporary glass object-making. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. Students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the medium. Mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards required. Before graduation, students are required to document their work and submit 10-20 slides of their final projects to the FA3D Department.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

A forum for discussion of current issues in contemporary glass object-making. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. Students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the medium. Mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards required. Before graduation, students are required to document their work and submit 10-20 slides of their final projects to the FA3D Department.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

A continuation of basic and more advanced glassblowing techniques used to make vessels and sculptural forms. Progressively more difficult assignments develop skills and concepts. Historical and contemporary glass techniques are discussed and incorporated into student work.

Prerequisites:

3DGL231

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Challenging design and technical possibilities in functional and sculptural formats. Students incorporate advanced techniques into specific projects. Historical and contemporary glass techniques, designs, and applications are discussed and incorporated into student work. Projects emphasize personal expression and experimentation, and technical proficiency.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, models, and journals to the creative process. Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the glass medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. 6 credits (two semesters).

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, models, and journals to the creative process. Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the glass medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. 6 credits (two semesters)

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A forum for discussion of current issues in contemporary glass object-making. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. Students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the medium. Mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards required. Before graduation, students are required to document their work and submit 10-20 slides of their final projects to the FA3D Department.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

Nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, models, and journals to the creative process. Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the glass medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. 6 credits (two semesters)

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, models, and journals to the creative process. Through assigned projects and workshops, students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the glass medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. 6 credits (two semesters)

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to basic issues and techniques unique to jewelry as a creative and expressive medium. Students discuss traditional and contemporary attitudes toward body adornment and learn the techniques of basic fabrication (cold-joining, sawing, soldering, finishing), lost-wax casting, and stone-setting. Projects use precious metals and common materials. Proper use and maintenance of all equipment is stressed.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course will provide a platform for exploration of materials in jewelry-making. The safety, proper handling and exploration of materials will be covered along with an experimental methodology and personal discovery within each material. The course will introduce ways of working an array of materials including plexi glass, polyurethane, felt, and cast resin.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to basic metalworking techniques, focusing on design and function. Assignments cover problems that are both aesthetic and technical. Metal fabrication, inlay, forging, sinking, and stone-setting are introduced. Proper use and maintenance of all equipment is stressed.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Study in Series: development of a personal style through a series of projects based on one source. Projects include technical and aesthetic experimentation in casting, raising (sheet form-making), etching, and chasing and repousse.

Prerequisites:

3DML210

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course covers methods and strategies for making multiples for jewelry-scale metal objects. These include Vulcanized and RTV rubber molding for injection wax; production methods for lost wax casting; hydraulic and arbor press methods for cutting blanks and pressing 3 dimensional forms; stamping dies (RT method) for cutting multiple shapes; chemical milling (etching from both sides) for cutting complex shapes, jigs and fixtures for repeatable operations (drilling, soldering, shaping); assembly techniques including soldering and cold-connecting. Finishing techniques including tumbling with various media. Participating students will be asked to make several series of jewelry-scale objects. Each series will need to be made in at least enough quantity to provide each student in the class with an example to keep.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Through a series of sculptural exercises this class is an introduction to cold fabrication techniques and precision machining processes. Students are required to conceive and execute projects that integrate machining and cold joining techniques with their personal artistic goals.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An examination of the color palette available for metals. Projects include enameling, patination, alloy-making, and painting. Proper use and maintenance of all equipment is stressed.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Prerequisites:

3DML200 or 3DML210

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Spring semester junior level seminar. A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in the medium of metal. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits, and exhibitions are incorporated. With faculty assistance, students define and develop a personal body of work. An active journal with source material related to this work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

Nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, models, and journals to the creative process. Students propose and complete three projects. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, models, and journals to the creative process. Students propose and complete three projects. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration.

Prerequisites:

3DML350

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

Computer-Aided Design for Jewelry and Metals is a focused elective that covers fundamental strategies and methods for creating jewelry and metal objects using computer tehcnology. CAD and 3D modeling programs are used for developing a series of objects that are designed to be made with a variety of output including CNC milling and rapid prototyping.

Prerequisites:

MTL210, MTL200 or permission

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course uses traditional large-scale forming techniques to develop sculptural forms and vessels. Raising or smithing skills are required.

Prerequisites:

3D220 or 3DSC353

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Spring semester majors seminar. A forum for discussion of current issues in contemporary metal object-making. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits, and exhibitions are incorporated. Students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the medium. Mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards required. Before graduation, students are required to document their work and submit 10-20 slides of their final projects to the FA3D Department.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

Production of a consistent, advanced body of work. Students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. 6 credits.(two semesters)

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Production of a consistent, advanced body of work. Students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of the medium. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. 6 credits.(two semesters)

Prerequisites:

3DML450

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to the foundry process. Students make bronze and aluminum castings using processes of greensand and lost-wax ceramic shell casting. Course covers mold-making, casting, and chasing. Emphasis is on personal expression and technical proficiency. Proper use and maintenance of all tools is stressed.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Exploration and instruction to develop technical, aesthetic, and skills in ceramic handbuilding processes. Projects are designed to use clay as a versatile material for all types of object-making. Students investigate historical and contemporary artists and techniques. Various tools include the slab roller, extruders, plaster molds, and sand blaster. Slip/glaze applications include both high and low-fire techniques with gas and electric kilns.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This is a beginning course in mold-making, introducing materials and techniques used in the creation of rigid and flexible molds. Initial focus will be on traditional casting methods, including life-casting and the use of waste molds, but as the semester progresses and the student begins to understand the possibilities of the processes, alternative methods and materials will be introduced.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An exploration of traditional and nontraditional methods of form-making using a variety of flexible, soft, or fibrous materials. Projects explore both technical and conceptual possibilities. Students investigate materials for their potential as sculptural, architectural, functional objects and as mixed-media installations and site-specific environments.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course is an introduction to the basics of movable dynamic figures (possibly human but possibly otherwise) in a variety of materials which respond to the action of the human hand (or, conceivably, other body parts). Through lectures, demonstrations and assigned projects, this course will cover the creation of a variety of movable joints. The class will concern itself with an assortment of means of providing and delivering motivation from human students to otherwise inanimate puppets, either directly or with such means as strings, rods or other connectors. Put simply, we want to make puppets, we want them to be movable and we want to make them move.

Prerequisites:

3DTD201

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Introduction to "cold" metal fabrication techniques and machining processes. Students learn to make precise measurements, read mechanical drawings, design and create various types of mechanical joints. Processes include use of power shear, sheet roller, pan brake, English wheel, precision lathe and vertical milling machine. Each student is encouraged to create a final project that integrates these techniques and processes with their personal artistic goals.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A study of the construction of portrait and figure executed from life in clay. Students work with plaster as a casting medium.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An introduction to the construction of steel sculpture produced through oxy-gas and arc welding. Students work with forging and machine shop practices.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in sculpture. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. With faculty assistance, students define and develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of appropriate media. An active journal with source material related to this work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards. 6 credits (two semesters)

Prerequisites:

All freshman and sophomore prerequisites (3DTD200, 3DTD201)

Type:

lecture/seminar

A forum for discussion of current contemporary art-making issues in sculpture. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits and exhibitions are incorporated. With faculty assistance, students define and develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of appropriate media. An active journal with source material related to this work is required, as are mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards. 6 credits (two semesters)

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

Ceramic Sculpture is an advanced elective studio course which includes both aesthetic and technical information applied to producing contemporary ceramic sculpture. Over the semester, discussions concerning the potential of ceramic technologies and uses surrounding the 'art object' and sculpture will be built into the content of studio projects/investigations. Slide and book lectures will include objects of various cultures and periods. Presentation of objects, installation, site-specific and environmental art in nature and architecture will also be discussed and experienced. Through involved exploration, each student should expect to produce work which reflects personal technical and conceptual development.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course offers to students who have successfully completed any of the beginning metalshop classes a venue to further enhance their hand and conceptual skills. Projects will be generated individually , and each student will develop a series of works based upon his or her preferred medium. Drawings, process plans, and critiques will be an integral part of the class. Students will be expected to present their work to the class for feedback all during the process. Advanced welding, fabrication, black-smithing, and foundry will be covered on an as-needed basis.

Prerequisites:

Three credits from 3DSC201, 3DSC353X, 3DSC253, 3DSC223

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This is a course made for adventurous food/art lovers. Imagine feasting, cooking, Installations, food culture, food in contemporary art and art history, films, special projects, food chemistry, field trips, and making fabulous table decor!

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This is a hands-on studio course focusing on sculptural object-making, using wood as a medium. The course will integrate intuitive approaches and structured processes through direct engagement with the material. In addition to guiding the student through various technical hurdles encountered as the projects unfold, equal stress is placed on the development of ideas and intent. Investigations in planning and prototyping, multiples production and large-scale works will also be included.

Prerequisites:

3DTD201 or EDAD202

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This course is intended for object-makers, to introduce motion into their sculpture. An overview on the history of kinetic art is provided to inspire a richness of conceptual thinking. The course is directed toward a final project of the student's design, which may be sculpture, installation, performance, costume, robotics, toys, etc. Issues covered include: mechanism design and troubleshooting; hand cranks; ratchets; solenoids; motors; drive systems; and, basic steelworking techniques aimed at building safe and reliable kinetic art.

Prerequisites:

3DSC253, 3DSC264 or instructor's permission

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Open to graduates and undergraduates interested in video sculpture, installation, performance and site specific work. Every day you use your body as a tool to manipulate materials, create physical objects and act on others. Through this process your body acts as an extension of your ideas, making them physically manifest in time. This class will explore objects, time and space using the video as a tool and new material capable of acting on the 3D world.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

critique

The 3DSC course and the LALW course are linked as though they were one course. The work that students do in each course is conceived, created, critiqued, and developed in a "call and response" relation to the work that they do in the other course. In the Liberal Arts seminar, student writing is read and critiqued on its own merit and in relation to the three-dimensional work being created in the studio class. The writing may be imaginative or expository, as the student chooses. In the 3D studio class, objects are designed, made, and critiqued on their own merit and in relation to the students' writing. The objects may be done in mixed media or a single medium, as the student chooses. In both courses, student presentations and class discussions address the evolving relations between the three-dimensional work and the writing as each inspires or influences the other. Fostering this reciprocal relationship between the arts of sculpting and writing is central to both courses and the rationale for linking them.

Prerequisites:

open to all Juniors and Seniors/ Co-requisite LALW345

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, model-making, and journals to the creative process. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. 6 credits (two semesters).

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Nurtures the development of a coherent body of work based on sophisticated techniques and a maturing sense of aesthetic direction. The course stresses the importance of drawing, model-making, and journals to the creative process. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. 6 credits (two semesters).

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Development of skills and techniques used in ferrous and nonferrous metal object-making. Students learn hot forge processes and machine tooling. Projects incorporate conceptual experimentation and technical skill development. Proper use and maintenance of all equipment is stressed.

Prerequisites:

3DSC253

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

An in-depth study of the bones and muscles of the human figure, working primarily in 3D form. Course covers movement, proportions, and development through growth and aging.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

Course will include a compressed pattern welding (Damascus steel) tutorial with students grouped in pairs to produce the pattern welded steel for their projects. Second phase will include: knife design and construction. Third phase will include fabrication and finishing of projects.

Prerequisites:

3DSC253

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

This is a studio course open to beginning and advanced students. The course will focus on the interrelationship between technology and culture and is dedicated to the study of historically significant artifacts.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

hybrid studio/critique

A forum for discussion of current issues related to contemporary sculpture. Students research the topics and artists important to their own development. Visiting artists, slide lectures, studio visits, and exhibitions are incorporated. Students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of appropriate media. Mid-semester critiques and final semester review boards required. Before graduation, students are required to document their work and submit 10-20 slides of their final projects to the FA3D Department.

Prerequisites:

None

Type:

lecture/seminar

Production of a consistent, advanced body of work. Students work with faculty to develop a personal body of work that represents depth and breadth of exploration of appropriate media. Group and individual discussions emphasize the development of critical vocabulary along with advanced technical exploration. 6 credits

Prerequisites:

All freshman/sophomore level SC requirements (SC200/SC201)

Type:

hybrid studio/critique