JWL2314 - Contemporary jewellery practice 4 - 2018

Jewellery Practice 4 builds on previous study providing students with a solid basis from which to develop their ideas and research in a more independent way. At this stage of their development students will begin to focus more on their own interests in a particular area of jewellery and object-based practice maintaining an experimental approach to their research.

This unit will guide students towards a more self-directed way of working within the discipline. The emphasis is on articulating new ideas that contribute to contemporary jewellery and object-based practice in an interesting and progressive way and to realise these ideas at an advanced level.

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Develop a more profound understanding of the specific issues of contemporary jewellery practice in the context of other Art, Design & Architecture practices.
2. Deepen their level of engagement with three-dimensional forms through an experimental approach to materials and processes.
3. Conduct an advanced level of research in the context of both set and self-directed projects.
4. Develop more challenging ideas and a more conceptual approach to the subject matter at hand.
5. Understand and apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice.

This is a semester-long project unit. 100% mixed mode

12 hours per week, including four hours of taught studio and eight hours of personal study and studio practice

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