Course: Disciplinary Technologies IV

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Course title Disciplinary Technologies IV
Course code KDE/FU050
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Linhartová Jana, MgA.
  • Patelisová Helena, MgA.
Course content
1. Introduction - introduction to the workshop (work safety). Introduction of basic ceramic materials suitable for design practice. 2. Examples of the use of ceramics in design, architecture and sculpture. 3.-5. Processing and preparation of material, basic methods of construction of shapes. Practical exercises - design and construction of a simple object. 6.-8. Model preparation, mold preparation, mold production, casting. Practical exercises - design and implementation of a simple object with the help of casting into a mold. 9.-11. Firing, surface treatment. Practical exercises - burning and surface treatment.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Basics of art and design work with ceramic materials for students of the Design program, specialization Design The aim of the course is to acquaint students through practical exercises accompanied by a theoretical explanation of ceramic materials and technologies of their processing and the possibilities of their use. After completing the course, the student should be able to independently master the basic technological procedures in working with ceramics so that he is able to use the acquired knowledge and experience in design practice. Teaching takes the form of practical exercises in workshops, during which students try out the basic technological procedures from the creation of models through the construction of the shape, production of molds and castings to the final firing and surface treatment. The practical teaching is supplemented by an expanding theoretical interpretation.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the given field of study, they result from a concrete annotation of the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the previous study

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance
Recommended literature
  • ASHBY, M. F. Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design. 3. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014.
  • Bell, Amber Creswell. Clay. Contemporary Ceramic Artisans. Thames & Hudson, 2017.
  • KULA, Daniel, TERNAUX, Elodie a Quentin HIRSINGER. Materiology: průvodce světem materiálů a technologií pro architekty a designéry. Praha: Happy Materials, 2012.
  • Lilley, Clare. Vitamin C. Clay and Ceramics in Contemporary Art. Phaidon, 2017.
  • Moholy-Nagy, László. Od materiálu k architektuře. Triáda, Praha, 2002.
  • MORRIS, Tom. New Wave Clay. Frame Publishers, 2018.
  • Solanki, Seetal. Why Materials Matter: Responsible Design for a Better World. 01 edition, London, Prestel, 2018.
  • ŠPÍS, Jiří. Modelářství porcelánu a keramiky. Praha, 2016.
  • Taylor, Louisa. Ceramic Bible. McMeel Publishing, 2011.


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