September

1 syllabus | additive construction, gluing, cutting, tenon marking

find x2 object that feels good in hand; document one object

2 make tenons, demo rough shaping | look at subtractive wood examples

4-5 hours in form study lab shaping

three-short-readings-on-craft.pdf

3 carving, surfacing | Francis Ponge, description 1.0, form/material/purpose

4-5 hours in form study lab

read description-reader.pdf

4 finishing demo, pedestal demo | description 2.0, technical drawing demo

Grail work

set of drawings (elevation front+side, plan, and isometric)

October

5  Planning, cutting, scoring, gluing demo | Imin Yeh, perfect geometric shape

Finish grails

unnamed object | first draft

Get rope and embroidery thread

6 Critique Holy Grails | Look at paper sculpture drafts | rope demos

unnamed object | second draft

2 inches of whipping

7 Shape and contour | drawing in class, cardboard maquette demo

cardboard maquette, names and adjectives, color swatches

8  Review bandsaw, gesso and paint demo | Forms in Japan; rope demos

Process Study 1: linear material

Work on unnamed object; MDF and paint, doppelgangers

November

9 present on process; In-class miniature studies using Forms in Japan

Finish unnamed object

Process study 2: multi-material

Choose and gather materials for final project

10 Critique Unnamed Object | material and process studies (wire, rope, wood, paper)

Process study 3: chosen materials

11 material and process work time | introduce and watch big night; Woo Jae

Process: final

think about big night

12 Work day

Process: final

think about big night

December

13 Critique material and process | work time

big night

14 big night