Course: Disciplinary technologies V

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Course title Disciplinary technologies V
Course code KVP/FU025
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Němcová Lenka, MgA.
  • Semecká Lada, doc. MgA.
  • Coufalová Hana, MgA.
Course content
1. Introduction - introduction to the workshop (work safety). 2. Introduction to basic approaches in working with glass. 3.-4. Examples of the use of glass in design, architecture and fine arts. 5.-7. Basics of working with sheet glass (cutting, grinding, gluing). Practical exercises - design and implementation of a small glass object with the help of cutting, grinding, gluing, sandblasting. 8.-10. Basics of working with sheet glass - thermoforming. Preparation of material and molds for bent glass. Practical exercises - design and implementation of a small object or relief using the technique of bent glass. 11.-13. Basics of decoration techniques - engraving, grinding, painting

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Basics of art and design work with glass 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 glass as an art material and the technologies of its processing and the possibilities of its use. After completing the course, the student should be able to independently master the basic technological procedures in working with glass 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 cutting, grinding and gluing glass to its thermoforming and decoration. 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, Michael a Kara JOHNSON. Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design. 3. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014.
  • COHEN, Cecilia. The Glass Artist's Studio Handbook: Traditional and Contemporary Techniques for Working with Glass. Beverly: Quarry Books, 2011.
  • KULA, Daniel; TERNAUX, Elodie a Quentin HIRSINGER. Materiology: průvodce světem materiálů a technologií. Praha: Happy Materials, 2012.
  • Moholy-Nagy, László. Od materiálu k architektuře. Triáda, Praha, 2002.
  • Solanki, Seetal. Why Materials Matter: Responsible Design for a Better World. 01 edition, London, Prestel, 2018.
  • THWAITES, Angela. Mould Making for Glass. London: Herbert Press, 2019.


Study plans that include the course
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