Welcome Guide 2015
MA Metalwork
WELCOME
WE CREATE CRAFT
We are delighted you have philosophy which will allow you to sustain a portfolio
chosen to study with us
of design practice.
and warmly welcome you
to UCA at Farnham.
You will evaluate the local and global language of your
specialist design and consider ways of engaging new
The Master of Arts
audiences and product opportunities. We expect you
in Metalwork at UCA
to develop an individual and progressive approach in
Farnham guides design
ways of working. You can participate in live projects,
professionals and
competitions, and professional practice.
graduates in the further
development of their
Graduates emerge from the College in Farnham with
skills and experience within the craft industries. These the confidence to establish themselves in the field
courses are for highly motivated and talented people
as designer-makers, practitioners, specialists and
who wish to work at the forefront of their creative
industrial designers.
discipline.
I hope you enjoy your time here at the University and
The programme is a project led and studio-based
look forward to meeting you in September.
course and with tutorial guidance, students will create
individual excellence through rigorous research
Kind regards,
including practical and theoretical investigation.
Rebecca Skeels
Post Graduate Subject Leader for the School of Craft
A wide range of approaches are encouraged, from
and Design
the traditional specialist trades, to the contemporary
influences of art, craft, design and technology.
The departments have some of the widest range
of specialist facilities in the UK covering jewellery,
metalwork, forgework and silversmithing; textile
weave and print, glass blowing, fusing and slumping,
ceramic throwing, hand building and casting and
hand craft, machine and digital technologies. The
department provides a wonderful environment
to experiment and explore in pursuit of personal
expression.
Experimentation with non-traditional materials, such
as slate, rubber, perspex, ceramics and glass, and with
radical forms and altered scale, is encouraged and well
supported with the departments it runs alongside
You will take part regularly in constructive critical
debate concerning personal research avenues,
communicating research ideas and design in ways that
are appropriate to professional leadership. The study
structure is flexible to develop an individual design
Jess Bean, Three Dimensional Design (Metalwork &
Jewellery), UCA Farnham
PRE-ARRIVAL
In this section you will find a list of activities that we
ask you to complete before you arrive to start your
course in September.
READING LIST
COURSE CONTACTS
Reading list for Theory, Practice and Analysis, Unit 1.1.
If you have any questions regarding your course,
please contact one of the following:
Baudrillard, Jean (1996)
System of objects Verso
Publishing
Classen, Constance (Ed)
(2005) The Book of Touch
Oxford and New York: Berg
Kangas, Matthew (2006)
Craft and concept: the
rematerialization of the art
object Midmarch Arts Press
Miller, Daniel (2005)
Materiality Durham and
London: Duke University
Press
Papanak, Victor (1995) The
Green Imperative: Ecology
and Ethics in Design and
Architecture London:
Thames and Hudson
Risatti, Howard (2007) A
theory of craft: function
and aesthetic expression
University of North Carolina
Miller, Daniel (2005)
Materiality Durham and
London:Duke University
Press
Papanak, Victor (1995)
The Green Imperative:
Ecologyand Ethics in
Design and Architecture
London:Thames and Hudson
Risatti, Howard (2007) A
theory of craft: function
andaesthetic expression
University of North Carolina
Walker, Stuart (2011) The
Spirit of Design: objects,
environment and meaning
London: Earthscan
Faculty Office Administrator:
Janet Northcote
01252 892907
jnorthcote@ucreative.ac.uk
Post Graduate Subject Leader for the School of Craft and
Design:
Rebecca Skeels
01252 892750
rskeels@ucreative.ac.uk
Director of the Crafts Study Centre:
Professor Simon Olding
01252 892953
solding@ucreative.ac.uk
EQUIPMENT LIST
These items are available in the University shop and
locally within Farnham. It will be beneficial to bring
these items with you. Other equipment and materials
will be required and will depend on the project and
personal path you wish to undertake.
I advise you bring any hand tools you may have in
relation to your pathway, however the University does
have enough equipment for you to use while you
develop your work.
-Sketch book – minimum size A4
-Selection of drawing implements and
materials; such as pens, pencils, crayons,
paints, and charcoal
-Glue
-Scissors or scalpel
-A4 file and plastic sleeves
-Lined paper pad and pens
-Small note book.
SUMMER PROJECT
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL
Please start to think carefully about the project you
will undertake throughout the course, what you would
like to explore and research, why you would like to
research and explore that area and how you imagine
you will accomplish your aims.
PROJECT DETAILS
This year students from the undergraduates and
postgraduate courses in the School of Craft and
Design will be taking part in the London Design
Festival:
What do you aim to do?
www.londondesignfestival.com
Please use the Project Proposal Guide below and
e-mail it to Rebecca Skeels by the 31st August 2015:
rskeels@ucreative.ac.uk
What sort of research will you need to under- take?
Course Title:
Name:
Pathway:
PERSONAL CAREER AIMS
What sort of practitioner do you see yourself as when
you have completed the course?
Name other practitioners that work in the same area,
where are they based, where do they sell, where does
their work end up once it is sold, how much does it
sell for?
PROJECT TITLE
What will you research?
What is your research question?
How do you aim to do that?
Which technical processes within your specialism do
you alreadyhave practice in:
What equipment and machinery and techniques are
you are already proficient in?
Which processes that you have already acquired will
you wish to develop:
Which materials and processes will you need to test
and experiment with?
PROPOSED PROJECT OUTCOMES
Venue: Oxo Gallery at the Oxo Tower:
www.southbanklondon.com/gallery-oxo
Full Address of Event:
Gallery@oxo,
Oxo Tower Wharf,
Bargehouse Street,
The show will be held at the Oxo Gallery in London.
The South Bank and in particular the Oxo Tower Wharf South Bank,
London,
hosts many design, arts and crafts shops.
SE1 9PH
The Oxo Tower Gallery space is sited at the front of
Nearest Tube Station: Waterloo and Blackfriars
the building and acts as an introduction to the other
exhibitors space in the area making it a fabulous
Dates: 16-27 September 2015 inclusive. Opening
opportunity for UCA to have a selection of work
Times: 11am to 6pm daily including weekends.
from recent graduates across the School of Craft and
Design undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
UCA contact:
and a great place to visit and see newly emerging
makers, artist in residence from the school and tutors. Rebecca Skeels
01252 892750
Email:rskeels@ucreative.ac.uk
www.schools.ucreative.ac.uk/craft-and-design
What is the scale of your work?
What is the context of your work?
Where will it end up and what market do you think it
will suit?
How will this help you with your career aims:
What will you gain from this research, designing,
developing and the making of this work?
Left & Right: Oliver Russell, MA Metalwork,
UCA Farnham
RESEARCH CENTRES
The School of Crafts & Design includes three leading
research centres, these are home to internationally
renowned experts in their fields. Much of our research
in craft and design is considered ‘of International
Standing’ and this prestigious benchmark includes:
CfSD® also hosts the annual international and
interdisciplinary ‘Sustainable Innovation’ conference
series, now in its eighteenth year (2013). Since 2009,
the Centre has worked with over 600 SME’s on ecoinnovative product/services/technologies.
CRAFTS STUDY CENTRE
CfSD® also provides a range of free information
through its website: www.cfsd.org.uk with specific
details on training, research, projects and conferences.
Established in 1970, The Crafts Study Centre, is a fully
accredited museum, safeguarding and displaying a
national collection of modern and contemporary crafts.
It directs and facilitates research into the history of
crafts in the UK, and hosts international researchers
working on the detailed study of the extensive
collections. The centre has played an important role in
publishing studies on craft makers, craft organisations
and practices, often related to its contemporary
exhibition programme. For details of forthcoming
exhibitions please see the website:
www.csc.ucreative.ac.uk
THE CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE
DESIGN®
The Centre for Sustainable Design® (CfSD) established
in 1995, has engaged in a range of international
research projects and knowledge exchange initiatives
on ‘product sustainability’ and ‘sustainable innovation
and design’. It offers bespoke services and training to
companies, consultants, governments and academia
across the world.
THE ANGLO-JAPANESE TEXTILE
RESEARCH CENTRE
The Anglo-Japanese Textile Research Centre was
established in 2004. It concentrates on the investigation
of the use of textiles as an expression of cultural
identity, particularly in the UK, Japan and increasingly
further afield.
Research undertaken by the AJTRC has pioneered
and influenced modes of cross-cultural and intergenerational exchange through textile practice.
Extensive connections to international networks
underpin collaborative and individual research into
different approaches to textile practice, with a
particular emphasis on contemporary languages of
making and transdisciplinary co- productions:
www.ucreative.ac.uk/research- centreanglo-japan
Metalwork workshop UCA Farnham
INDUCTION AND ENROLMENT TIMETABLE
ACTIVITY AND DATE
TIME
LOCATION
MA Glass only
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Room R13
MA Ceramics only
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Room B06
MA Product Design only
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Room B22
10:00am - 4:00pm
Meet at Waterloo Station
THURSDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER CONTINUED
In this section you will find your enrolment and
induction timetables. Please take careful note
of the dates and times you will need to attend
during your first week.
ACTIVITY AND DATE
If you are not able to make any of these dates, please
let your campus registry contact know as soon as
possible. You can find their contact details at the start
of this Welcome Guide.
TIME
LOCATION
FRIDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER
London Trip - Details will be given out during the week
under the clock
MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER
Introduction to the MA teaching & technical teams
11:30am - 1:00pm
Room B09
Health & Safety Induction to the Glass workshops
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Room B05
All Students - Campus welcome - visit the Refectory for your free
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Refectory/Courtyard
GROUP ONE: Crafts Study Centre introduction and tour
9:00am - 10:00am
Craft Study Centre
GROUP TWO: Crafts Study Centre introduction and tour
10:00am - 11:00am
Craft Study Centre
Introduction to IT and Library and Student Services
11:00am - 12:15pm
W02 Lecture Theatre
Welcome to UCA Freshers’ Fair – drop in throughout the day for
11:00am - 3:00pm
Refectory
Health and Safety for induction to Ceramics Workshops
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Room B25
International and EU Welcome Event - (An event for new non-UK
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Room W612
9:30am - 12:30pm
Room B24
Introduction to Handbooks
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Room B09
Health & Safety induction to Textiles Workshops
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Room Y13
MA Jewellery, MA Metalwork only
9:30am - 11:30am
Room B24
MA Textiles only
9:30am - 11:30am
Room Y13
MA Glass only
11:30am - 12:30pm
Room R13
Enrolment – please bring your ID & Qualifications
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Library
drink and meet staff and students on campus
TUESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER
more information about our services
students which includes a welcome from the leadership team, free
food and drink and an opportunity to meet other new students)
WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER
Health and Safety induction to Jewellery and Metalwork
Workshops
THURSDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
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