The
course will offer students a practical introduction to methods of
constructing and fabricating sculptural forms. Skills will be
developed through observing demonstrations and undertaking
participation in these processes. Students are encouraged to
experiment with techniques and processes leading to the production of
three-dimensional structures and objects. The first project will
focus on flat planes and structural form using materials of
appropriate structural integrity. The second project will investigate
casting and mold making. Students will develop concept drawings and
maquettes. Group critiques will provide a forum through which
students can interact effectively as members of a supportive group.
The
Project for Fabrication
will comprise a response to the premise delivered and it is to be
self-directed work, driven by an individual project brief in broad
terms at first, dealing with specific materials and processes. Your
brief must be completed by week 3 and must outline your projects
scope. Careful consideration must be placed on discipline specific
goals, and it is expected that the project will evolve as
experimentation leads to new insights during the course of the
semester.
The
brief must respond to the Premise
which is a conceptual and practical unravelling of the notion and
practice of fabrication and its opposite principle ‘generation’.
The course and your project will look at structural principles,
organizing systems in nature and the critical analysis of
contemporary fabrication and building systems, processes and use of
materials. It is imperative that this project is process and material
driven with an expectation that at the outset the goals are not
clearly defined. This assignment is not a problem to be solved it is
an enquiry in practical and conceptual terms.
Your
brief must include these points, and should be no more than 1000
words in dot point, not essay form.
- Delineate the discipline that this project falls within.
- Discuss materials pertinent to the project.
- Indicate potential research avenues.
- Formulate a timeline for completion.
- Dictate solutions for professional presentation.
Your
brief is an assessable component of this course as it will compromise
part of the related research component.
The
work produced for Project
1 due in week 7 will
incorporate scale maquettes and experimentation for project 2, the
maquettes and experiments produced will be iterative steps toward
final resolution in Project 2 and will comply with the assessment
criteria set out below.
The
work produced for Project
2 will demonstrate
studio based research, and will comply to the assessment criteria set
out below. It is required that project 2 shows a refinement and
presentation of reasonably defined outcomes of completed works at
full scale or sample of works at full scale.
Supplementing
studio work will be the completion of a Materials
and Processes Journal. The
Journal will be submitted electronically to the course wiki at
Learning at Griffith, or may be a blog hosted by a private provider.
The journal
will be a comprehensive and well organised document investigating one
or more materials, and one or more processes utilised within
contemporary art and design practice. The journal will contain
research of at least two practitioners and will involve critical
reflection of practitioners and a well, researched interrogation of
the brief itself.
Project
1 50%
Due Week 7
Project
2 50%
Due Week 13
MarkingCriteria
|
Processes
and technical experimentation and development
Application of technical processes Experimentation with media Studio participation |
30% |
|
Research
methodology
Extent
of exploration of ideas and its connection to process
Extent of related research Documentation of project and working processes |
30% |
|
Resolution
Effective
consolidation of ideas, materials and techniques.
|
40% |
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