This course will introduce students to bending birch plywood to create custom curved shapes. Students work through the basics of building, and lamination processes. Paper modeling and other hands-on processes will be used to inform design decisions and mimic construction processes. The plywood bending techniques allow for a wide range of possibilities ranging from lighting fixtures to seating and sculpture. Open to non-majors.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Take DFN-116
Through the College’s affiliation with the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, junior or first semester senior students in good standing have the opportunity to spend a semester (fall or winter) or full year studying at another member institution in the United States or abroad. Application information is available in the Academic Advising and Registration Office.
Credits: 12
Prerequisites:
This is an Adobe Illustrator based course focused on creating images and patterns that can be applied to a variety of surfaces. Students source a variety of materials and explore planar networks and modular systems for design applications. Formatting design files for cnc / laser manufacturing are explained, and presentation skills are emphasized using InDesign to create a final process book along with a variety of material studies.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: DFN 119
This course investigates the interrelationship of process, creativity and concept through various casting techniques. Bronze, iron, and aluminum are used to explore hot casting as a process and as a means of creating sculpture. Students are exposed to traditional and contemporary artists working in the medium. Open to non-majors with departmental approval.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: DFA 130
This course explores the theory and practice of creative site activation through material, technological and performance-based interventions. Students will have the opportunity to work in extended relationships to site and space, via light, sound, time based technologies like video, and performance. Students will investigate installation as active experience between artist and site, and site and the question of audience. Open to non-majors with departmental approval.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: DFA 105, DFA 130, DFA 253
Junior or first-semester senior students in good academic standing have the opportunity to spend a semester (fall or winter) or a full year of study at an accredited institution abroad. Information is available from International Student Services.
Credits: 12
Prerequisites:
The Special Project class is offered on an occasional basis, with course content specific to the area being explored.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites:
This course is directed within the premises of soft sculpture process and being aware of it historically and in the contemporary art world. Students become familiar with different systems of sewing, laminating and pattern making. Although the course has a material and process emphasis, the students are encouraged to explore other materials that may be incorporated appropriately into a project. Open to non-majors with departmental approval.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: DFN 121 DFA 130
The Special Project class is offered on an occasional basis, with course content specific to the area being explored.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites:
While working with the many processes of printmaking, students will engage with the printed image while considering the historic aspects of the techniques involved in the production of a print. This course is an introduction to the following areas of printmaking: relief (woodcuts and linocuts), intaglio (etching), and lithography. Students will learn the basics of each area through, collaborations and hands-on short workshops. Context is discussed and explored through demonstrations, readings, image presentations, and visits to local galleries, community prints-shops, and museums with a range of print-media.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: DFN 103 DFN 104 DFN 120 SAC 105 (formerly DFA 105)