TECH-223 Lost Wax Casting for Jewelry (3 Credits)
Students will learn all aspects of wax working and lost wax casting in a scale appropriate to jewelry. This process will enable students to create metal models and rubber molds for multiple component parts used in fabrication finished pieces of jewelry or small-scale objects.
TECH-507 Painting Processes (3 Credits)
Painting Processes offers a deep exploration of the technical and practical aspects of painting materials. Methods of instruction will include lectures, demonstrations, student research, and class discussions. Most importantly, students will engage in hands-on interactions with the materials.
TECH-509 Ceramics I (3 Credits)
This course explores ceramic processes through the development of form: coil, slab, pinch, and wheel; and surface: slips, stains, underglaze, and glaze. Students will explore basic skill-building in clay and develop their conceptual thinking in the medium through content-driven class assignments and critiques.
TECH-519 Woodworking I (3 Credits)
This course introduces students to an array of woodworking and related fabrication techniques and processes. The use of hand, power, and machine tools is taught through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on experiences. Topics include basic woodworking techniques, safety procedures, wood identification, joinery, construction methods, shaping, turning, and finishing. Assigned and independent projects allow exploration while applying specific processes and techniques. Whether functional or sculptural, the goal of this course is to give students the knowledge to conceive and realize ideas in wood.
TECH-527 Casting and Moldmaking I (3 Credits)
This course will give students the knowledge and tools to be able to replicate an object in one material in a different material such as plaster, plastic, cement, clay, and other non-metallic materials. Students will be assigned exercises on basic moldmaking principles, beginning with piece mold construction, continuing to applications and uses of various flexible molding techniques, and ending with the waste mold technique.
