Six hours a week throughout the year.
Syllabus
A broadly-based introduction to the crafts, in which students undertake work in four basic units.
The subject is intended to provide students with the opportunity to acqure essential skills and a firm understanding of basic procedures with various materials while undertaking meaningful personal projects consistent with the foregoing. In all units instruction in the correct and safe use of equipment will be given. Participation and involvement in the studio programs are essential and fundamental to achieving a satisfactory assessment.
Unit 1. Garment Construction
This unit is the first part of a major sequence in garment construction and fashion design, which includes the basic techniques for making simple garments, thus enabling students to gain an understanding of the various types of fabric.
Unit 2. Metaicraft
An introductory unit involving various techniques and processes suitable for working a diverse range of materials, but with emphasis on metals. Experiences will offer the opportunity to integrate materials and allow students the freedom to develop personal ideas and attitudes to the above knowledge.
Unit 3. Textilecraft
This unit forms an introductory study of basic textile techniques and processes, involving the following areas: stitchery, spinning, weaving, and knotting. Emphasis will be placed on development of individual skills and a personal approach.
Unit 4. Woodcraft
Within the limitations imposed by learning the various techniques and processes appropriate to making functional and non-functional objects in wood, students will be free to solve the problems posed in an individual manner to assist their personal development. The studio experience will offer opportunities to inegrate diverse materials but with the emphasis placed on the working of timber in its various forms.
Note: A half-day a week for one semester will be the usual time span for each unit although by arrangement a student may proceed to the next if proficiency is proven.
Books
As specified by the lecturers concerned.
Assessment
Student progress will be determined by progressive assessment in accordance with instructions issued before commencing each project It should be noted that it is the student's responsibility to submit a folio, individual items of work and/or assignments as notified. An unsatisfactory result in one or more units will result in a failure in the subject. If the degree of failure in the case of a one unit failure is not considered serious by the department or lecturer concerned, a pass may be awarded.
TEXTILECRAFT B (TEB00) 3 points
Three hours a week throughout the year.
Syllabus
This subject involves a further development of, and intensive studies in, related textile areas
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covered in Studio Practice — Crafts.
The following textile techniques form the basis of a more personalised investigation:
Fibres and Threads - Fabric Structures (Primitive) Stitchery
Textile Printing (Improvised) Books
A comprehensive booklist is available from the Department of Crafts.
Assessment
Students will be assessed progressively throughout the year by submitting each unit of work on completion. The folio submitted for final assessment should include completed basic work from each of these four units. The award of 'pass' which will cover the majority of students will be decided by the lecturer in charge of the group. The review of failed candidates' work and the award of 'honours' will be made by a panel consisting of the Head of Department and all lecturers taking the particular aspect of craft in the current year.
TEXTILECRAFT C (TECOO) 6 points
Six hours a week throughout the year.
Prerequisite Textilecraft B, Syllabus
A subject incorporating textile studies at an advanced level, within which opportunities are provided for the development of individual concepts and research in specific areas of study.
Thread Forms Textile Printing Fabric Structures Embroidery.
Books
A comprehensive booklist is available from the Department of Crafts.
Assessment
Students are to submit a folio of work at the conclusion of the year for final assessment by a panel consisting of the Head of Department and all lecturers taking the particular aspects of craft in the current year.
TEXTILECRAFT D (TED00) 18 points
Twelve hours a week throughout the year.
Prerequisite Textilecraft C.
Syllabus
This subject enables students to undertake an intensive course of study In a specific area of textiles. Emphasis is placed on personal involvement and the development of Individual concepts in the area of specialisation. Supervised research into any related aspects of textilecraft Is to form part of the final folio.
Books
A comprehensive reference list is available from the Department of Crafts.
Assessment
Students are to submit a folio of work at the conclusion of the year for final assessment by a panel consisting of the Head of Department and all lecturers taking the particular aspect of craft In the current year. •
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WOODCRAFT B (WOBOO) 3 points
Three hours a week throughout the year.
Syllabus
This subject involves a development and extension of the work covered in first year Studio Practice — Crafts. Further tuition in techniques and processes is offered in the form of open- ended problem-solving activities which will enable students to develop and extend more fully their personal concepts and work direction. Stress is placed on the importance of acquiring background knowledge and the necessary skills to assist the students as craftsmen and teachers. The safe use and maintenance of equipment, particularly power machines, is a compulsory unit of work.
Books
A comprehensive booklist is available from the Department of Crafts.
Assessment -
Students are assessed progressively throughout the year by submitting each unit of work, as it is completed, to their lecturers. Participation and involvement are essential and fundamental to achieving a satisfactory assessment. There will not be a final examination. Students whose final assessment is considered unsatisfactory by their lecturer shall have their work also assessed by a second lecturer and the Head of Department and they, in conjunction with the group lecturer, shall make a final decision.
WOODCRAFT C (W0000) 6 points
Six hours a week throughout the year.
Prerequisite: Woodcraft B.
Syllabus
An intensive program in which students have the opportunity to develop and extend selected aspects of the subject in depth. Illustrated lectures are given on specific techniques and processes related to student needs, and generally students are encouraged to develop and research pesonal concepts. Work direction (lecturer and student initiated) may encompass one or more of the following: small-scale forms; functional objects; non-functional objects — two dimensional; non-functional objects — three dimensional.
Students will be expected to research materials and their associated technologies wherever the need arises — some emphasis will be placed on twentieth century development of art concepts, materials, and their respective technologies.
Books
As for Woodcraft B.
Assessment
Students submit their work at the conclusion of the year for assessment by a panel of Woodcraft staff chaired by the lecturer in charge of the year.
WOODCRAFT D (WOD00) 18 points
Twelve hours a week throughout the year.
Prerequisite: Woodcraft C.
Syllabus
This is a personal development subject in the area of woodcraft. It is intended to offer the individual the greatest possible degree of autonomy in order that personal involvement is developed and extended to a maximum. It is a year of specialisation, combining techniques of one's own choice with concepts and craftsmanship. Each student determines his/her course commitment with the lecturer responsible. It is the responsibility of the student to acknowledge his/her commitment by presenting the product of his/her involvement at the conclusion of the year.
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It is envisaged that students will engage in the development of highly personal concepts leading to the production of art objects Such activity, whilst considering wood as a material, may draw extensively upon diverse media and technological systems. Students are expected to draw upon the skills and experience of other lecturers in the Department of Crafts, the resources of other departments on the College campus, and outside resources (industry).
Books
As for Woodcraft B.
Assessment
Students submit their work at the conclusion of the year. It may take the form of all or any part of the following: writing, research, drawings and/or objects. The assessment will be undertaken by a panel of Woodcraft staff, chaired by the lecturer in charge of the year.
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