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.)