Description
The Materials and Processes course expands the sophomore sculpture majors’ understanding of material possibility by exploring two essential methods: metal construction and subtractive strategies with soft materials, such as foam. Faculty will guide students through demonstrations and safety protocols to gain welding, cutting, bending, and shaping metal skills. The carving experience will emphasize the importance of the three-dimensional form, positive and negative space, and finishing techniques. The faculty and class cohort will support you as you develop ideas through every sculpting phase to your final product. Students will gain curiosity for material exploration, alongside technical experience and know-how, to successfully add new skills to the toolkit of their developing studio practice. This course is required of all Sophomore Sculpture Majors in the Fall semester. If open seats are available, any student may enroll.