Undergraduate Course: Jewellery and Silversmithing: enamelling (LLLA07145)
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 skills 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 incorporating enamelling leading to developing your own personal project. |
| Course description |
Over the class sessions the course will cover:
Introduction to cold connections such as riveting
Introduction to enamelling - basic techniques
Experimental enamelling on roll printed and etched base and precious metals
Combining cold connections with enamelled elements to create a piece/series of jewellery for your personal project
Personalised jewellery 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
show confidence and understanding in the use of a range of technical processes including the uses of basic jewellery techniques including riveting and enamelling to manipulate precious metals into jewellery items;
- PRESENT
use drawing and model making as a means of developing ideas to be realised as 3D objects
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Reading List
Day, L., 1907, Enamelling: a comparative account of the development and practice of the art, London: Batsford.
McGrath, J., 1995, First Steps in Enamelling, London: Apple Press.
Speel, E., 1998, Dictionary of Enamelling: History and Techniques, Farnham: Ashgate Publishing LTD.
Untracht, O., 1957, Enamelling on Metal, Philadelphia PA: Pitman.
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 I, London: Black Dog Publishing Ltd.
Ebendorf, R., 2004, 1000 Rings ¿ Inspiring adornments for the hand, New York: Lark Books
Le Van, M., ed., 2005, 500 Brooches ¿ Inspiring adornments for the body, New York: Lark Books
Le Van, M., ed., 2006, 500 Necklaces ¿ Contemporary interpretations of a timeless form, 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. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Ability to make effective use of jewellery making techniques
Designing 3d objects
Creating a visual journal/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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