Notice: It is the responsibility of the student to enrolled in the class by the add deadline (http://www.sa.utah.edu/regist/pages/Deadlines.html). Late slips will not be signed by the department. It is also the responsibility of the student to make sure that dropping or withdrawing from the class has been officially completed in the Registrar's office.

Course Description
This is an advanced course in small-metals techniques. The technical experiences of ART 3440 will be further expanded. Students' efforts concentrate on a more limited number of projects, which are taken to higher level of form exploration and technical execution.

Course Fee

Course Text and Other Readings

The Complete Metalsmith: An Illustrated Handbook, Tim McCreight (available from the Bookstore)

Course Content and Objectives

Teaching and Learning Methods

In the course you will learn about small metals but also explore new ways of looking at the world around you.  Art skills are physical, perceptual, and conceptual.  We will be using the manipulation of non-ferrous metals and other materials to make engaging objects.  Through application of 3D design and sculpture principles toward the making of expressive and truly personal works of art.  There will be regularly scheduled projects which will have deadlines.  There will also be regularly scheduled critiques where we will discuss the goals and effective use of concepts.

Attendance Policy

You cannot get anything from the class if you don’t come.  I will take roll, so non-attendance will tell me a lot about your attitude, commitment, and overall performance.  Showing up for class, particularly for critiques, is required, unless you have a University-approved absence.  If you are late, especially consistently, then you may be missing out on significant class information.  The same policy holds true for early departures.  If you don’t come to class with materials to work with it is considered an absence.

Evaluation Methods and Grading Scale

grading criteria

1.  Demonstrating commitment to work: to include completing the work on time, with thoughtful consideration of the exploration and with good craftsmanship.
2.  How well the piece works conceptually and aesthetically.
3.  Active participation in critiques.
4.  Achievement level in relationship to the class.
5.  Individual improvement over the course of the semester.
6.  Attendance:  your third unexcused absence will adversely affect your grade.
            3 late appearances = 1 absence
            3 unexcused absences = drop of 1 letter grade
7.  Late assignments lose one grade for each day it is late.
8.  Average work is given a “C”.  If you want an “A” you have to excel.

further consultation

Check the following periodicals in Marriott Library
            American Craft  (NK 1 .C73)  this journal is also in the Owens Reading Rm
            Ornament  (NK7300 .B42)
Other useful journals
            Metalsmith
Lapidary Journal  (at the Salt Lake City Public Library)

tools and supplies     There are hand tools (such as saws, snips, hammers, pliers) for your use in the studio; and certain supplies (such as solder, flux, enameling materials) will be provided for you.  As some of these items are limited, and the class is full, you may wish to buy small tools that are yours.  This way you won’t have to compete for tools when the class is in session.  You yourself will acquire the raw materials to make your pieces.  Beginning students should get nonferrous metal appropriate to their design, and I recommend copper to start with.  The more advanced students may use any materials they choose as long as there is no health or safety risk.  I will talk to you about what, where, and how to buy.

studio & equipment access during non-class hours     The building is open so that you may work in the evenings and on weekends.  Shop monitors are scheduled, and schedules are posted for the hours the shops and general tool room are open. Tools may be checked out from the tool room outside of class hours, and there is a returns box in the 3-D area if you keep the tools late into the evening.

You will have access to a General Tool Room in 184 Sculpture.  This is the office of the shop monitor in which hand tools are also kept.  You will be shown which cabinets and tools are available for your use.  Tools must be signed out through the shop monitor or an instructor on the sheets provided.  They are to be used in designated areas of the Art Building only.  Report damaged or broken tools to me or to the shop monitor immediately.

studio behavior     The studio areas in the building are shared.  That means you will be working near your fellow students.  Also people in other classes will have access to these spaces.  It will be your responsibility to help put away tools and materials and clean up at the end of the class.  Works-in-progress should be stored in your locker.  Storing your work carefully will let the room function for other classes.

ADA statement
The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services and activities for people with disabilities. If you will need accommodations in the class, reasonable prior notice needs to be given to the Center for Disability Services, 162 Union Building, 581-5020 (V/TDD). CDS will work with you and the instructor to make arrangements for accommodations.

All written information in the course can be made available in alternative format with prior notification to the Center for Disability Services.