Undergraduate Course: Jewellery and Silversmithing: etching (LLLA07144)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
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. 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. |
| Course description |
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.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
collect and research visual information to develop design ideas which can be translated into jewellery using precious metals
- PRACTICE
use a range of technical processes including basic jewellery techniques and etching to manipulate precious metals into jewellery items
- PRESENT
use drawing and model making as a means of developing ideas to be realised as 3D wearable objects
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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 | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 4400
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