Undergraduate Course: Wire Jewellery (LLLA07148)
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 | This course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual art and/or design works within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved art and/or design works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class. Typically, this will comprise:
Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work done during the class)
Directed hours: 27.5 (work the tutor has set for students to do each week in their own time)
Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied)
The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum.
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| Course description |
Over the class sessions the course will cover:
demonstration and practice of manipulating and twisting wire, making basic chains and soldering
Make a set of hanging earrings and a bracelet
look at and practice making simple catches and wire structures
discussion of personal projects followed by experimentations and test pieces to develop ideas
start production of personal project pieces
continue working on personal project pieces
finish work on personal project pieces
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | This course requires you to bring their own art and design materials. Most of these can be sourced and purchased in advance from any good art material supplier such as the Art Shop at ECA Lauriston Place Campus. Essential items not readily available will be provided during classes and you will be invoiced at the end of the course for items used. Listed below are the materials and equipment requirements for this course. You are advised not to purchase any materials until you have received confirmation the course is running ¿ usually 7 days before the start of the course. You will be guided by the tutor as to which materials you need to bring to classes each week.
Essential materials you will need to bring to the first class:
Glasses if you need them for close up work
Materials and equipment provided for students as part of the course and included in course fee:
Jewellers saws
Hammers and Files
Pliers and Hand tools
Rolling mills
Soldering equipment and materials
Drills
Hand Drills for twisting wire
Forming tools ¿ e.g. doming blocks, mandrels and steaks
Materials and equipment available for purchase during the course:
Copper and Brass ¿ sheet metal, wire and tube
Sterling Silver ¿ Sheet metal, wire and tube
Essentials materials and equipment students will need to provide themselves:
Research for personal projects
Additional recommended materials and equipment students can provide:
Apron
Sketchbook
Pencils/ drawing equipment
Lighter
Please do not wear open toed shoes to avoid injuries to toes
NB- Basic Tool List and Suppliers can be provided if the student wishes to purchase their own tools and materials for use at home |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 8 |
| Course Start |
Lifelong Learning - Session 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
68 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
This course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual art and/or design works within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved art and/or design works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class. Typically, this will comprise:
Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work done during the class)
Directed hours: 27.5 (work the tutor has set for students to do each week in their own time)
Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied)
The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum.
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| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
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
show relevant research and development relating to a personal project, and also research into a range of suggested artists or designers and how their work has influenced understanding of contemporary wire jewellery;
- PRACTICE
make a set of hanging earrings and a bracelet.
demonstrate confidence in working with a range of basic, appropriate metalworking techniques, such as wire twisting, basic chains, simple catches and wire structures;
- PRESENT
make at least 1 finished piece relating to research and development of ideas.
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Reading List
Textile techniques in metal : for jewellers, textile artists & sculptors / Arline M. Fisch.
Calder jewellery / photographs by Maria Robledo ; edited by Alexander S.C. Rower, Holton Rower ; with contributions by Mark Rosenthal, Jane Adlin.
Classical loop-in-loop chains and their derivatives / Jean Reist Stark, Josephine Reist Smith.
GALE, E., and LITTLE, A., 2000, Jewellery making, London: Hodder Headline; Lincolnwood, ILL: NTC/Contemporary Publishing
Jewellery design / by Elizabeth Galton.
WATKINS, D., 1999, Design sourcebook: jewellery, London: New Holland Publishers
YOUNG, A., 2008, Jewellery materials sourcebook, London: A&C Black
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
wire jewellery making techniques
designing 3d objects
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 | Miss Zofia Guertin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
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