Project ONE: Paperclip/Bookmark
Basic Metals Course: ARS220 Meeting time: TUES- FRI 12:15 – 2:55 Lecturer: Arthur Hash Contact Info: arhash@gmail.com Credits: 3
Brief Statement of Topic Design and create a paperclip or bookmark. You should think about size, the physical dimension, it’s proportions in relation to itself, function, position and orientation of overall shape- how will it be seen when used or by itself? Direction- the overall shape such as a tree growing from the trunk shape to branching out of the limbs and the direction within the piece- the direction of the actual piercing of the limbs or leafs. Line quality- the overall character of the line, what can be eliminated, what could be suggestive line character? How could you create volume, pattern, or texture in your overall piece?
Aims & Objectives: (including skills to be covered)
_ Research for appropriate subject to explore through metals medium.
_ Explore the basic concepts of form and function
_ Research historical and contemporary design motifs
_ Employ traditional layout and templates for construction
_ Techniques: sawing, drilling, cutting (shear) filing, sanding, and polishing
Tools and Materials: You will be using 18 or 20 gauge silver, brass, copper and aluminum
Model making: Individual discretion, several materials will be shown in order to execute a variety of models.
Design Research: Make 10 sketches of possible forms you researched in your sketchbook. Trace your form with tracing paper and distort the overall form so it is not like the original- be careful of copyright laws.
Recommended Books:
Techniques of Jewelry Illustration and Color Rendering, Adolfo Mattiello
Metal Techniques for Craftsmen, Oppi Untracht
Boxes and Lockets, Tim McCreight
Silversmithing, Finegold & Seitz
Silversmithing, Bernard Cusner
The Artful Teapot, Garth Clark
The Eccentric Teapot, Leslie Ferrin
Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths, Hekki Seppa
Complete Metalsmith, Professional Edition, Tim McCreight
Jewelry: Fundamentals of Metalsmithing, Tim McCreight
Recommended Periodicals:
Magazines Subjects
American Craft Architecture
Metalsmith Magazine Sculpture
Lapidary Journal Painting
Aperture Art Nouveau
PDN- Photo District News Art Deco
Blind Spot Nature
Communication Arts Gardening
International Design Magazine Bauhaus
Modernism Magazine Photography
Sculpture Magazine African Art
Living Architecture Asian Art
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