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Undergraduate Course: Jewellery and Silversmithing: etching (LLLA07144)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryWorking with precious and base metals, this course will develop students' skills and teach the use of etching and surface pattern in jewellery and silversmithing.
Course description 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.

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.

The Learning Experience
The teaching will be based and delivered in specialist art and design studios or workshops and will typically include a range of practical exercises, introductions to techniques, processes and concepts, and set projects which lead to more focused and personal exploration. Over the course, students¿ progress will be monitored and supported by the tutor. Teaching will include practical demonstrations, one to one tuition, group discussions and critiques.

For work required to be undertaken after the class hours are complete, the course tutor will set students a ¿directed study plan¿ which can be undertaken without the need for specialist workshops or access to models.

Directed study will include research into a range of suggested artists and their associated movements to engender a contextual awareness. Students are expected to demonstrate how their research has informed their work through annotated sketchbooks, a visual digital journal and practical outcomes.
The Directed Study Plan will include preparing evidence of research and practical work to form an appropriate presentation for assessment.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Research, context and ideas (33.3%) Use a range of strategies effective for recording and developing ideas and concepts through drawing and model making, which can be translated into jewellery designs, supported by contextual references.
  2. Practice, skills and techniques (33.3%) Demonstrate a confidence in employing a range of basic jewellery and etching techniques to create a range of experimental test pieces and resolved items of jewellery.
  3. Selection, presentation and reflection (33.3%) Select, edit and present a coherent a range of test pieces and finished works which demonstrate a creative and informed understanding of etched jewellery.
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.
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
KeywordsJewellery,etching,techniques,personal,visual culture,base metals,precious,metals
Contacts
Course organiserMr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretaryMr David Lonergan
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