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Fundamentals of
Sculpture
Intensive Introduction (suitable for
beginner to advanced students)
Taught by Dionisio Cimarelli.
Click here for Dionisio's profile
and examples of his work.
“I saw the angel in the marble
and carved until I set him free.”
-- Michelangelo
This course is designed to provide beginning and continuing students
with an intensive introduction to traditional figurative sculpture in
clay and plaster. We will cover the techniques of clay modeling
including shaping and molding, wedging, joining, pinching, coiling and
slabbing, building, mark and surface. Our focus will be on the
human figure, molding our clay sculpture directly from a live model in
order to study the human form in its various spatial positions
(standing, sitting, reclining, etc.), with renderings of the head,
torso, hands, and feet. You will become skilled in the techniques
of clay modeling, mold making, plaster casting, armature building from
concept to finish. We will follow the process of sculpting in
clay, followed by the construction of plaster molds, which are then
filled with wet plaster. Later, the mold is broken off leaving
your plaster sculpture. This is a comprehensive introduction
including drawing for sculpture, basic anatomy, observation, modeling,
gesture, proportion, plane, shape, volume, line, mass, texture,
portraiture, the use of calipers, armatures, mold making, and finishing.
You will gain a confident command of the materials, tools, principles,
and elements of traditional sculpture with an emphasis on creativity.
At the end of the 10 weeks, you will have completed at-least two
sculptures while gaining the knowledge and skills to source and
undertake the entire process on your own.
Course Title:
Sculpture
Tuition Fee: RMB 5500
Spring Session 2012:
March 7th to May 13th
Section A:
Wednesday afternoons (1:00 PM -
3:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 7th to May 9th (Course Code: SC103)
Location: ELC Learning Center
Section B:
Sunday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from March 11th to May 13th (Course Code: SC104)
Location: ELC Learning Center
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE
Registration Procedure:
Please register
online first to reserve your place. You will then receive a
confirmation email with further details. Next, payment must be
made on site at the ELC Learning
Center
during the payment dates shown
below (you can come in person or send someone).
Tuition payment for the
Spring Session 2012 will take place
from
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, from Monday, February 20th through Monday, February
27th, 2012. Payments will be received in
the Registration Office at the
ELC Learning
Center.
Click here for map.
Please note: classes
are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 8 and 12
people). Register early to reserve your place. Payment must
be received on time to complete your enrollment and maintain your
reservation in the class(es) for which you have registered.
(Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled
and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.)
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