Course detail

Sculpture Technologies 1 - winter

FaVU-ST1-ZAcad. year: 2011/2012

Essential technology of materials. Construction and scaffold under clay. Lost (blind) form, form for more casts, separation. Basics of ceramics, specifics of ceramic and sculptor´s clay, inner construction. Firing in the ceramic kiln. Basics of working with wood. Electric and pneumatic tools.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Medek

Department

Sculpture Studio (ASO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of technologies.

Prerequisites

Without.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit.

Course curriculum

Plan.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To teach the students basic knowledge about working and use of different kinds of materials; to teach them the necessary skills.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance is mandatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Alex Potts, The Sculptural Imagination: Figurative, Modernist, Minimalist, Yale2001

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch AS1 , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

27 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Medek

Seminar

27 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Medek