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Advanced Sculpture |
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Week |
Project |
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Sep. 1 - 3 |
Slides of prospective projects - survey - Slides of mold making & modeling - Marilyn Levine - Pop Art - Tobais - torso - Face mold - Old student works |
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Sep. 7 - 10 |
Demo - select & identify objects to be molded & modeled - begin ½ mold - video of mold making - industrial first 3 projects 1.- modeled form 2.- single cast form 3.- multiple cast form |
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Sep. 14 - 17 |
Cast ½ mold Clean out & prepare to cast other half Cast other half |
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Sep. 21 - 24 |
Clean out molds - separate - dry in kiln for several days. - Scrape & clean boards - Put away screws - Wash & clean molds - Load kiln |
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Sep. 27 – Oct. 1 |
Model form-begin “popart” form Drill mold holes Began casting |
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Oct. 4 - 8 |
Demo - hole filling with plaster bat Demo - joining more than one form Continue modeling “popart” form |
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Oct. 11 - 13 |
Bisque fire Demo - painting acrylics Demo - spraying low fire glaze Demo - firing techniques |
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Oct. 18 – 22 |
Wire sculpture projects (techniques how to braze & blend using torch) linearality 1. 10 pieces same length 2. 8 lines bent & drawing 3. 8 lines joined - No 1 or no 3 must be painted. - critique & discuss - color ,form & line |
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Oct. 25 - 29 |
Continue working |
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Nov. 1 – 5 |
Video Isamano Naguichi - & slides Video Calder & slides previous projects Planar project- brazing - cutting -grinding Techniques - how to use cutting torch - build a foam core model 3 - or more pieces - use hand grinder - use face grinder - give each student a 12" x 12" x ¼ steel sheet |
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Nov. 8 – 12 |
Continue working |
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Nov. 15 - 19 |
Continue working |
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Nov. 22 - 24 |
Human form - armature handout slides -Dwayne Hansen - Segal Antornia Guadi -slides - Manuel Neru Stature of Welding a wire armature Wrapping using plaster bandages & rags Use rasps, files , sandpaper |
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Nov. 29 – Dec. 3 |
Continue working |
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Dec. 6 - 10 |
Continue working |
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Dec. 13 - 17 |
Finish projects before break |
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Jan. 3 – 7 |
Begin glass projects Sandblasting-Taping Techniques Preparing the glass 1. Cut glass to desired shape 2. Polish edges 3. Cut and apply tape …note how tape is separated to reveal sticky surface 4. Select pattern from book or create your own design 5. Copy pattern to be traced 6. Use carbon paper to trace pattern onto tape…here it is important to “key” your pattern to the correct location on the glass (tape) so that in subsequent processes where you must realign the pattern for remarking it onto the tape you will be able to do so 7. Use ink pen to outline or redefine the pattern 8. Number the areas to be blasted…1-2-3-4…etc. noting that the deepest is number 1 and subsequent levels to the shallowest are as numbers increase and… IMPORTANT…that no adjacent areas can have the same number 9. Change blade in the exacto knife so as to have a new sharp implement in place at all times…subsequently change blades as needed, they must always be sharp or the tape cut lines will not be clear and accurate 9. Cut all areas delineated as number 1 first 10. Blast the area Number 1 to the deepest level 11. When completed to your satisfaction, remove from the blasting booth…you will notice that the inked lines may have been blasted away …therefore you will have to use the carbon paper to re-draw the lines and then re-ink them repeating the above steps Blasting *1. Turn on the 220 volt power switch on the wall to activate the compressor *2. Turn the air flow valve on … so that the handle is parallel to the flow pipe… NOTE-IMPORTANT… when the handle is perpendicular to the air flow pipe the valve is closed, the blaster will not work because there is no air flowing to the blaster *3. Plug in the blasting booth *4. Turn on the booth switch located on the front of the machine just above the window *5. Open the booth door 6. Set the glass in the booth touching the wood for ease in lifting the piece with the “large” gloves 7. Close door 8. Grip glass securely …hold tightly because the force of the blaster may blow it from your hand *9. Use black foot pedal on the ground in front of the machine to activate the gun…IMPORTANT- the spray of the gun MUST be perpendicular to the plane of the glass and the tapped surface or the tape will lift off. 10. Blast at will 11. Repeat blasting for subsequent layers 12. When finished remove tape and clean glass. Glass – Sandblasting -cut 3”x3” squares for everyone to use. -Demo- - polishing or smoothing edges - clean and dry surfaces -Demo- -tape application -both sides to prevent scratching -Demo- -use of exacta knife and frequent blade changes. -Select pattern & show use of carbon paper. -show use of re-alignment marks on the pattern and tape for re-inking after each blast. -cut level –1 and blast -Demo- use of blasting booth, compressor on/off valve and main power switch -re-align pattern and retard for level 2, cut and blast and repeat as often as needed. Slides -on booth use -on sandblast process |
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Jan. 10 - 13 |
Continue layered sandblasting |
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Jan. 18 - 21 |
Fusing- Kilnforming-Glass Class Sequence demo 1:
-sanding -kiln wash, function of and application of 9. stack glass 10. set in kiln 11. set cones hot C/06…cooler C/017 … glass is fused by the next day… demo 2:
- show Zoe Adorno Video 2. notes in Reynolds video… Types of glass manipulation 1. slumping into a mold 2. slumping over a form 3. suspension …i.e. 1. a ring form with the center as a hole 2. a star, a “jewish sadder(sp)” plate, a square, pipes, etc. 4. manipulation, Zoe Adorno video Types of glass: 1. dichroic 2. “window” 3. (Coefficient Of Expansion) COE 90, Bullseye. Uroboros, 4. COE 96, Uroboros Mold materials: Must be a refractory material , that is a substance resistant to heat. 1. clay (must be coated with kiln wash to prevent adhesion of the glass to the surface) or innspaper if used to slump over as this eliminates the problem of the glass shrinking and gripping the clay thusly causing the glass to crack 2. metal, all those with a melting point sufficiently below that of the glass… stainless steel is best as it does not scale and when it cools it shrinks and draws away from contact with the glass 3. castable products 4. insulating ceramic fiber material such as fiber paper, AP Green Innspaper, fiber board, etc 5. insulating cement Stages of kiln firing according to Gil Reynolds 1. brittle zone… 0-700 F…be aware of thermal shock in this range and in relation to the annealing range 2. transitional… 700-1100 F …annealing temperature is here, (COE is in this range) 3. Pliable… 1000-1300 F Mold marks will appear here…they are unavoidable. 4. Fluid… 1300 F and up, this is the fusing temp. range, the higher the temp. the more fused or melted the glass is …also the higher the heat the more affected the shape is …you need to be aware of the action on the glass above 1550 F. |
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Jan. 26 – 28 |
Exams |
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Jan. 31 – Feb. 4 |
Exams |
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Feb. 7 – 11 |
Continue glass-simple slump-over mold, napkin type |
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Feb. 14 – 18 |
Continue glass- color fusing, 2 circles, and color chips |
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Feb. 21 – 25 |
Continue glass- dropping into a “solid mold” |
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Feb. 28 – Mar. 4 |
Continue glass- dropping out, through a mold “hole” |
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Mar. 7 – 11 |
Continue glass- concentric circles, cutting, polish edges |
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Mar. 14 – 18 |
Video - - Zoe Adorno - Steve Devries - Invenire Slides - History of glass - How glass is made |
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Mar. 21 – 24 |
Glass-1/2” thick glass construction |
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Apr. 11 – 15 |
Continue |
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Apr. 18 – 22 |
Continue |
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Apr. 25 – 29 |
Additional Handouts at appropriate time: - Kafka, Kaprow - meaning of life, E.E. Cummings Video - Chillida-Ferguson |
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May 2 – 6 |
The remaining time is used to finish all projects or to re-examine an area of interest and further explore it . Historically this time has been needed to adequately pull together and complete all the assigned work |
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May 9 – 13 |
Lab time-Continue to Finish |
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May 16 – 20 |
Lab time-Continue to Finish |
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May 23 – 27 |
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May 31 – Jun. 3 |
End |
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Jun. – Jun. 10 |
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