Fibers and Material Studies Open Courses Fall 2012
For more information contact: C. Pazia Mannella,
pazia@temple.edu
Mixed Media Construction: Structural Embellishment
I - 19242 - CRFT 3306 – 001,
This course focuses on the stitch as a form of
mark-making, exploring surface and structural applications such as embroidery, appliqué
and quilting. Image transfers on cloth and free beading will also be explored.
Projects will emphasize combining these "traditional" techniques with
contemporary art issues and practices.
Soft Sculpture - 16682 - CRFT 3307 - 001,
This course examines the transformation of
traditional and nontraditional materials to three-dimensional forms, surfaces,
and spaces. The exploration of pliable materials will be realized through hand
and machine stitching, mark making, embellishment, felting, stuffing, and
manipulation of armature. Students are encouraged to develop a personal
direction in soft sculptural practice, with emphasis on material investigation
and research. Individual and group critiques and discussion of both historic
and contemporary artists and concepts augment the course.
Alternative Materials - 6222 - CRFT 3312 – 001,
This course involves the exploration of
alternative materials not primarily intended or used by fiber artists. Products
such as Tyvek, rubber, adhesives, found and recycled materials will be combined
with processes such as collage, layering, stitching, and heating. This is a
course open for enrollment to majors and non-majors from sophomore to graduate
level. The exploration of alternative materials will be used in conjunction
with other media and unconventional methods of joining to create a strong,
sculptural surface. Technical demonstrations, field trips, and conceptual
problems with an emphasis on the process of collecting will be used as a basis
for the creation of unconventional work. Students will be encouraged to
experiment with these materials and processes in combination with media from
other disciplines. Students will create work based on a personal direction
discovered through the course. Areas of focus for study include two and three
dimensional forms, functional and nonfunctional constructions
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