Workshops for sculpture

The first stream of workshops happens tomorrow morning at nine. Could this group please meet myself and the technicians involved outside Greg Dyer and Graeme Brett's offices (behind the metal workshop). Could the couple of people wanting to swap streams come along to this meeting and also confirm with me via email that they would like to swap The class will run between two and four. It is important that we begin promptly.

You will need:
1. A bullet pointed version of your statements of intent
2. A notebook and Pen
3. Your starting objects

The workshop format
Each week there will be two types of activity occurring within the workshops; Firstly a specific class. This will run over three weeks and is intended to provided an introduction three areas of technical process. 1. Mold making and flexible casting, (Greg), 2.Aluminum casting, (Graeme) 3. Welding, (Nick). These run one after an other, through the semester.

While these classes are being taken by those requiring instruction the technicians not class teaching are expecting to work with the other students on an individual basis. This interaction will revolve around students exploring the brief through materials exploration. The technicians will offer their own suggestions as to how students might work through new processes and expand on skills they already have.

All students are expected to be based in the workshop for the period of the workshop session.

In developing work in the workshop students are expected to consider the project's assessment objectives:
These involve the demonstration of
• An active process of research, that brings new information into the working process
• The learning of new skills
• A development arc that indicates a reflective and analytic process

1.Attendance is mandatory at all workshop sessions students are enrolled in. An inability to attend should be communicated to myself, (prior to the absence)
Workshop staff will be taking a roll.

2.Students are expected to retain documentation of the practical development of their ideas and use drawing processes in the communication of their ideas with all staff. Evidence of this is expected to feature in the research component of assessed work.

3. The staff involved have offered to run the Friday afternoon session on Wednesday afternoon( 2- 4 pm). This would have the effect of giving the third year sculpture group priority access to the workshop all day on Wednesday. This would need to work for the large majority of those currently booked in the Friday stream. Could the Friday stream people email me and let me know their preference Any change to the arrangement will need to wait until next week to take effect. I will wait until I have received responses from those affected before making any change to arrangements as they stand. If it is easiest then we will stick to the present plan. That is to say two streams on Wednesday morning and Friday afternoon)

Thanks any questions please be in touch with me