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FIBERS Summer 2016
Tues/Thurs 8-‐10:50am Catherine Armbrust, Adjunct Assistant Professor
[email protected] Office hours by appointment
OBJECTIVES • To learn techniques that contribute to your overall understanding of fiber media—this
semester we’ll focus on dyeing/natural dyeing, surface design, and tapestry weaving
• Develop an understanding of how the techniques you learn in fibers can be combined with other media such as drawing, painMng, printmaking, sculpture, etc.
• To refine your ability to criMcally evaluate your own work as well as that of others (both student and professional)
• To develop your understanding of historical and contemporary aspects of various fiber media and determine how these references contribute to your own work
• To conMnue the development of a personal visual voice via creaMve, conceptual and criMcal thinking skills
• Create a book of samples using a variety of surface design techniques on paper and fabric
• Basic embroidery/sMtching skills on fabric and paper—using the sMtched line as drawn line & surface design method
• PrinMng, stamping, & painMng techniques on fabric and paper • Basic shibori dyeing techniques using Dye Na Flow fabric dye • Create a mixed media project on fabric using a variety of surface design
techniques • Basic weaving techniques—build a foam core loom, create a weaving sample
uMlizing a variety of sMtches, create a larger weaving project incorporaMng composiMonal and paWern elements
• Use research skills to find arMsts and imagery that inspire you • WriMng responses to arMst talks and arMst statements connected to your
projects • Give presentaMons that connect your personal pracMce to outside
connecMons in the world
SKILL DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING OUTCOMES
Suggested Texts: *Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design for Fabric by Jane Dunnewold Tapestry Weaving: A Comprehensive Study Guide by Nancy Harvey Fabric PrinMng at Home by Julie B. Booth From Print to SMtch by Janet Edmonds Shibori Designs & Techniques by Mandy Southan Drawn to SMtch: Line, Drawing, & Mark-‐making in TexMle Art by Gwen Hedley Eco-‐Colour by India Flint The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes by Sasha Durerr
ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION • Each class will begin with the taking of aWendance and a short lecture or announcements. You are
expected to be in class as we will be learning new techniques and working every class period. Should you miss a demo you need to make arrangements with a classmate to acquire that informaMon.
• Your final class grade will drop one leTer on your 2nd unexcused absence and the Dean’s office may be noWfied. Each addiMonal unexcused absence will cause your final average to drop by 25% of a leWer grade. Only events beyond your control consMtute unexcused absences. 2 late arrivals or early departures count as 1 unexcused absence. Being in class but unprepared to work counts as an unexcused absence.
• ATendance at all criWques is mandatory. Project grade will be docked 10 points for unexcused absence during criWque.
• CommunicaWon with me is key—if you are having issues that are affecWng your performance in class, please talk to me as soon as possible.
GRADES The following are general grading criteria for each unit. Specific requirements will be given during each unit. • Design: The materials, form, and method of execuMon are all appropriate to the concept, and the
student’s intent is communicated clearly through the visual design. The design is creaMve and interesMng.
• Cra`smanship: Work was presented well in criMque, is gallery-‐ready when turned in for a grade, demonstrates the student’s new skill well, and is free of obvious structural or surface flaws.
• Concept: Form and concept are linked. That is, the student’s idea or message behind the piece fueled major formal decisions. The original idea is carefully thought out and developed.
• ParWcipaWon: The student aWended class, was punctual, did not disrupt the work of others, cleaned the studio when appropriate, completed the assigned work, and parMcipated in verbal criMque.
Grades will be based on the successful soluWon of the problem assigned and the quality of the work, including composiWon, cra`smanship, and creaWvity. Grades will not be based on effort because it is impossible to fairly judge how hard each student has worked on a given project. Final grade will be based on the average of project grades. Projects submiWed ager due date will be docked 5 points per class period. • No project will be accepted without being seen in progress by instructor.
SAFETY Due to the industrial nature of the discipline, students must always be conscious of their personal safety. Power tools are to be used only with the express permission of the instructor ager being shown their proper usage.
Non-‐slip, closed toe shoes are suggested in the studio—no flip-‐flops! ELECTRONIC DEVICES All personal electronics such as cell phones, texMng devices, etc. must be turned off at the beginning of class and remain off for the duraMon. Music may be played in studio with the consent of other students (and instructor) present. Earphones may not be worn in class—this class is a community and requires personal interacMon and awareness of the space around you. Recording is allowed during lectures & demonstraWons: In this class, students may make audio or video recordings of course acMvity unless specifically prohibited by the faculty member. However, the redistribuMon of any audio or video recordings of statements or comments from the course to individuals who are not students in the course is prohibited without the express permission of the faculty member and of any students who are recorded, including those recordings prepared by an instructor. Students found to have violated this policy are subject to discipline in accordance with provisions of SecMon 200.020 of the Collected Rules and RegulaMons of the University of Missouri pertaining to student conduct maWers.
STUDIO POLICIES & INFORMATION • Each student shares the responsibility to keep the Fibers Studio clean and organized. It is extremely
important that you clean up your work area every Wme you use the studio. When you finish working, wash all supplies you’ve used, put them away, and wipe down the surface and the floor around you.
• Due to the limited amount of space available, projects, tools, and materials must be kept in a neat and organized fashion on designated shelves or in your locker. It is the student’s responsibility to clean their work area thoroughly ager each session. Failure to do so will result in a warning. AddiMonal warnings will result in project grade being dropped 5 points.
• Food and drink should only be placed on class tables. Do not eat around dyes or other chemicals. • As is the case in all campus faciliMes, alcohol and smoking are prohibited inside the studio. • Always ask permission to interrupt staff when working outside of class if you have a quesMon.
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ASSIGNMENTS We will have Mme in class for demonstraMons and working on samples and projects, but you are expected to dedicate Mme to work outside of class as well. You should consider spending at least 1 hour outside of class for every hour spent working in class. Remember: creaMve work always takes longer than we think it will! Beginning (400pts): • Weaving Sample (10pts) • InspiraMons PresentaMon (25pts) • Embroidery Sampler (20pts) • Fabric Sample Book (60pts) • Surface Design Sample Book (2 for 20pts) • Sketches & InspiraMon Images for Fiber Collage (10pts) • Fiber Collage (100pts) • Sketches & InspiraMon Images for Weaving (10pts) • Weaving Project (100pts) • ArMst Statement for Weaving Project (10pts) • ArMst talk response(10pts) • Fiber ArMst PresentaMon (25pts)