• Offered by School of Art
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Visual Arts
  • Areas of interest Visual Arts, Creative Arts
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Richard Whiteley
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2015
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This course introduces kiln-casting processes and develops in depth skills in glass fusing and cold finishing. Set projects introduce thematic ideas and are aimed at developing student’s ability to reflect and integrate concepts with material and process investigations. Lectures and group discussions assist students locate their experimental methods within the broader field of crafts, design and visual arts practice. Occupational health and safety instruction is integrated throughout the syllabus.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Competently utilise a range of glass kiln forming processes and cold working techniques in response to set tasks
  2. Independently explore the potential of material/s used in Glass Kiln working tasks
  3. Investigate the application of concepts and processes to self directed works in kiln formed Glass
  4. Engage and explore historical and theoretical contexts relevant to the projects.

Indicative Assessment

Portfolio of studio work (80%) [LO 1, 2, 3]

and Journal/Documentation/Studio Theory presentation [LO 4] (20%).

Feedback on work in progress is provided during class and at mid semester review session. Final assessment will be based on presented completed works, journals, tests and models.

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Workload

4 hours per week of contact include technical instruction, lectures and group discussions. 6 hours per week independent studio practice.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed ARTV1302 or ARTV1012. Also, you are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed ARTV2303, ARTV2003, DESA2303, DESA2002 and DESA2306.

Majors

Minors

Fees

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Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $2604
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $3576
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3072 16 Feb 2015 06 Mar 2015 31 Mar 2015 29 May 2015 In Person N/A

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