JWL2314 - Contemporary jewellery practice 4 - 2019

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.

Upon 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.

100% in-semester assessment

12 hours per week including 4 contact hours plus 8 hours of independent study and studio practice.

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