Friday, September 21, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Key Information:
Art 2704C
Instructor: Nan Smith, Professor
UF Ceramics, School of Art + Art History
Fall, 2012 Monday and Wednesday/ periods 5-7, Meeting from 11:45-2:25 in room B-14
Office: FAC B - 15, Hours 10:00 am -12:00 pm on Friday and by appointment
Office Phone: 352. 273.3083
E-mail: nan@ufl.edu
Website : www.nansmith.com
Course Blog : http://ufceramicfigure.blogspot.com/
Credit hours – 3
Instructor: Nan Smith, Professor
UF Ceramics, School of Art + Art History
Fall, 2012 Monday and Wednesday/ periods 5-7, Meeting from 11:45-2:25 in room B-14
Office: FAC B - 15, Hours 10:00 am -12:00 pm on Friday and by appointment
Office Phone: 352. 273.3083
E-mail: nan@ufl.edu
Website : www.nansmith.com
Course Blog : http://ufceramicfigure.blogspot.com/
Credit hours – 3
Syllabus
Course Description:
This course is a perceptually based introduction to figure sculpture using fired clay as the medium. The class will include a study the human body and options for its representation in three dimensions. An orientation to building, surfacing, and firing ceramics and processes of hand-forming clay including: pinching, coil-building, slab building, modeling, and carving will be introduced. The class format will include image (Powerpoint) and video presentations, two life model sequences, demonstrations, critiques, and team firings. The course includes three themes, each differing in focus: the “perceptual”, the “gestural”, and the “interpretive”. Group “lab work;” loading, firing, and unloading class kiln firings is required and integrated into the structure of the course.
This course is a perceptually based introduction to figure sculpture using fired clay as the medium. The class will include a study the human body and options for its representation in three dimensions. An orientation to building, surfacing, and firing ceramics and processes of hand-forming clay including: pinching, coil-building, slab building, modeling, and carving will be introduced. The class format will include image (Powerpoint) and video presentations, two life model sequences, demonstrations, critiques, and team firings. The course includes three themes, each differing in focus: the “perceptual”, the “gestural”, and the “interpretive”. Group “lab work;” loading, firing, and unloading class kiln firings is required and integrated into the structure of the course.
Course Goals:
1. The course is designed to teach ceramic figure sculpting techniques including the fundamentals of modeling, carving, coil, pinch, and slab building.
2. Students will be taught technical skills including: listed forming techniques, glaze application and firing techniques for ceramic sculpture.
3. Students will enhance their perceptual skills through modeling from life and from life casts.
4. The course will provide experiences with contemporary concepts in ceramic figure sculpture.
5. The course presents opportunities to analyze, discuss and critique ceramic figure sculpture.
2. Students will be taught technical skills including: listed forming techniques, glaze application and firing techniques for ceramic sculpture.
3. Students will enhance their perceptual skills through modeling from life and from life casts.
4. The course will provide experiences with contemporary concepts in ceramic figure sculpture.
5. The course presents opportunities to analyze, discuss and critique ceramic figure sculpture.
Books, Videos, Required Reading:
Textbooks:
(1) Portrait Sculpting: Anatomy and Expressions in Clay (Required)
Author: Philippe and Charisse Farault, Publisher: PCF Studios, Inc., 2004, Edition: 1, ISBN: 0975506501. New Retail Price: $54.95 Used Retail Price: $41.25. Available at the UF Bookstore.
(2) Anatomy for the Artist, (Recommended)
Author Sarah Simblet, Publisher: DK Publishing, Edition: Copyright, ISBN: 9780789480453 . New Retail Price: $40.00 Used Retail Price: $30.00 New Rental Fee: $26.00 Used Rental Fee: $19.20.
Available at the UF Bookstore.
This is an excellent anatomy book, one that will be very helpful to you thus highly recommended for the class.
(3) Modeling the Figure in Clay, (Recommended)
Author Bruno Luchessi. Available on Reserve for this course in the FAA Library. It is strongly suggested that you review this book prior to beginning the figure modeling projects.
Required reading:
Chapter 5 of Make it in Clay,
Authors: Toki and Speight. This chapter presents an overview of construction techniques applicable to your projects. This book will be placed on room reserve in the FAA Library.
Additional resources on ceramic techniques:
The following books have been placed on room reserve under the course number in the Fine Art and Architecture Library.
The Craft and Art of Clay, Author Susan Peterson ; an excellent text for information for building and glaze techniques).
Hands in Clay, Author Charlotte Speight; an excellent text for information for building and glaze techniques.
Ceramic Figures: A Directory of Artists, author Michael Flynn, Rutgers Press is an excellent overview of international contemporary ceramic sculptors who work with the human figure.
Modeling the Head in Clay, by Bruno Lucchesi
Videotapes –
Two videos will be used as informational resources in the classroom: Sculpting the Portrait: Male Head in Terra Cotta, and Sculpting the Reclining Figure. Both films document the methods used by sculptor Bruno Lucchesi.
Periodicals –
American Ceramics, Ceramics Art and Perception, Sculpture, Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, Ceramics: Technical. All of the following magazines have very interesting ideas and information pertaining to sculpture.
Online visual resources-
www.ArtAxis.org, Access Ceramics: http://accessceramics.org/index.php?state=result_set&field=artist&field_id=21, Ceramic Database: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gusstiffpottery/sets/72157600047044355/
(1) Portrait Sculpting: Anatomy and Expressions in Clay (Required)
Author: Philippe and Charisse Farault, Publisher: PCF Studios, Inc., 2004, Edition: 1, ISBN: 0975506501. New Retail Price: $54.95 Used Retail Price: $41.25. Available at the UF Bookstore.
(2) Anatomy for the Artist, (Recommended)
Author Sarah Simblet, Publisher: DK Publishing, Edition: Copyright, ISBN: 9780789480453 . New Retail Price: $40.00 Used Retail Price: $30.00 New Rental Fee: $26.00 Used Rental Fee: $19.20.
Available at the UF Bookstore.
This is an excellent anatomy book, one that will be very helpful to you thus highly recommended for the class.
(3) Modeling the Figure in Clay, (Recommended)
Author Bruno Luchessi. Available on Reserve for this course in the FAA Library. It is strongly suggested that you review this book prior to beginning the figure modeling projects.
Required reading:
Chapter 5 of Make it in Clay,
Authors: Toki and Speight. This chapter presents an overview of construction techniques applicable to your projects. This book will be placed on room reserve in the FAA Library.
Additional resources on ceramic techniques:
The following books have been placed on room reserve under the course number in the Fine Art and Architecture Library.
The Craft and Art of Clay, Author Susan Peterson ; an excellent text for information for building and glaze techniques).
Hands in Clay, Author Charlotte Speight; an excellent text for information for building and glaze techniques.
Ceramic Figures: A Directory of Artists, author Michael Flynn, Rutgers Press is an excellent overview of international contemporary ceramic sculptors who work with the human figure.
Modeling the Head in Clay, by Bruno Lucchesi
Videotapes –
Two videos will be used as informational resources in the classroom: Sculpting the Portrait: Male Head in Terra Cotta, and Sculpting the Reclining Figure. Both films document the methods used by sculptor Bruno Lucchesi.
Periodicals –
American Ceramics, Ceramics Art and Perception, Sculpture, Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, Ceramics: Technical. All of the following magazines have very interesting ideas and information pertaining to sculpture.
Online visual resources-
www.ArtAxis.org, Access Ceramics: http://accessceramics.org/index.php?state=result_set&field=artist&field_id=21, Ceramic Database: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gusstiffpottery/sets/72157600047044355/
General Information:
Course work will consist of 3 projects supported by assigned readings, web and library research. Maquettes are required for each project.
I strongly suggest that you read all project statements at the beginning of the semester. The entire course is presented during our first meeting so that you can begin thinking about ideas you wish to undertake for each of the projects. Course material is available for your ease and convenience on the course blog site: nansfiguresculpture@blogspot.com.
This course is fast paced so please plan ahead!
I strongly suggest that you read all project statements at the beginning of the semester. The entire course is presented during our first meeting so that you can begin thinking about ideas you wish to undertake for each of the projects. Course material is available for your ease and convenience on the course blog site: nansfiguresculpture@blogspot.com.
This course is fast paced so please plan ahead!
Attendance Policy:
Plan to arrive promptly at 11:45 pm and set up to begin working. Attendance will be taken right at the beginning of each class; lateness will be noted and will affect your grade. If you arrive 10 minutes after class begins you will be considered late.
Tardiness, leaving early and absences will result in grade reduction. Three late arrivals will equal one absence. After the third absence, the final course grade will be lowered one full letter grade.
Class attendance is central to the learning process and to your success in the course. It is expected that you will attend regularly and be punctual. Everyone will value this courtesy to the group. During many classes we will be working from a life model and this time is very valuable and cannot be replaced. In addition, group demonstrations and lectures, roving critiques, individual tutorials, and discussions will be scheduled for many class periods. Students who are absent due to illness should contact me at 273-3083 and bring me a doctor’s note if possilbe. Without a medical excuse documenting an illness, absence for illness, may not be accepted.
The university recognizes the right of the individual professor to make attendance mandatory. After due warning, professors may prohibit further attendance and subsequently assign a failing grade for excessive absences. Students are responsible for satisfying all academic objectives as defined by the instructor. Students who do not attend at least one of the first two class meetings of a course or laboratory in which they are registered, and who have not contacted the department to indicate their intent, may be dropped from the course.
Tardiness, leaving early and absences will result in grade reduction. Three late arrivals will equal one absence. After the third absence, the final course grade will be lowered one full letter grade.
Class attendance is central to the learning process and to your success in the course. It is expected that you will attend regularly and be punctual. Everyone will value this courtesy to the group. During many classes we will be working from a life model and this time is very valuable and cannot be replaced. In addition, group demonstrations and lectures, roving critiques, individual tutorials, and discussions will be scheduled for many class periods. Students who are absent due to illness should contact me at 273-3083 and bring me a doctor’s note if possilbe. Without a medical excuse documenting an illness, absence for illness, may not be accepted.
The university recognizes the right of the individual professor to make attendance mandatory. After due warning, professors may prohibit further attendance and subsequently assign a failing grade for excessive absences. Students are responsible for satisfying all academic objectives as defined by the instructor. Students who do not attend at least one of the first two class meetings of a course or laboratory in which they are registered, and who have not contacted the department to indicate their intent, may be dropped from the course.
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