Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives On successful completion of this subject students will be able to use glass creatively to realise concepts; have a basic understanding of the skills of glass manipulation, understand the physical properties of glass, glass constituents and elementary glass theory.
Synopsis Students will be introduced to the potential of glass: the creative possibilities of glass, hot-glass and warm-glass studies and techniques to realise their concepts. Students will be introduced to projects involving hot glass and kiln-worked glass through lectures, demonstrations, tutorial, audiovisual presentation and seminars. This subject will also develop in students an understanding and appreciation of ceramics and its diverse architectural applications, via technical and aesthetic development in an experimental/problem-solving format.
Assessment Folio: 80% + Studio research diary: 20%