A study in basic jewelry techniques with an emphasis on contemporary jewelry design. Students will design and fabricate finished jewelry pieces with various metals in sheet and wire. Various enameling techniques will be included. An introduction to drawing the human form from life and imagination using a variety of materials and techniques. There is emphasis on anatomical accuracy and proportion, while still allowing for individual expressiveness.
Students develop skills and techniques through exploratory experiences in the media of clay.
Sculptural form and design are emphasized through natural, abstract and nonobjective forms. These forms involve animal, bust and portrait sculpture, sculpture from geometric forms and hollowed out sculpture. The fundamentals of sculpture using the basic techniques of modeling, carving and casting. This course will concentrate on the development of beginning watercolor painting. Transparent and opaque techniques and their applications will be stressed.