Course: Technology for Metal and Jewellery 2

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Course title Technology for Metal and Jewellery 2
Course code KVU/KST2
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Veselá Miroslava, Mgr.
  • Verner Martin, MgA.
Course content
1.-13. Materials /chemical composition, attributes, kinds of processing, use/: - Metals /base metals, precious metals/ - Gemstones / chemical composition, attributes, faceting/, - Plastic /plexiglass, carbonates, epoxide, fibreglass (laminated plastic) /PVC, Lukopren, rubbers/, - Enamel/Cloisonné, Basse-taille, Grisaille, Limoges enamel/, - Glass - Natural materials /bone, shell, plants, hair/ - Wood - Textile - Synthetic stones - Acids /chemicals/ Processing procedures: - Casting - smithing - chasing - damascening - engraving - guilloche - gems fitting - Pavé - glueing - tilthing, lathing - rivetting - Finishing - polishing, sanding, patination, varnishing - examining pricious metals - hall-marking Continuous work, consultations, corrections and handing in partial seminar works on time according to the teacher´s instructions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with practical applications, Collaborative instruction, Instruction based on dialogue, One-to-One tutorial, Laboratory work, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Individual study, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 25 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to choose the appropriate creative procedures for implementing the proposed variants of the work, consider the possibilities of forming basic materials, to critically evaluate the mutual compositional and material relations in relation to the given topic of creation, to be confessed in historical and contemporary style canons
Skills
suggests variants of object, object, jewelry, both in flat and spatial layout, design a jewel with regard to the intended target group, revitalizes and templates the stylistic affinity of his own work and other artists, choose the appropriate technology of model production and the technological process of artifact production, realizes the final form of artifacts
Competences
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N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
about creative procedures for visualizing proposed variants of the work, about the possibilities of forming basic materials, enumerates basic machining methods including technological procedures, describes important properties and chemical composition of materials, about the ways of thematic compositional and material relations in relation to the given topic of creation, about historical and contemporary style canons, aboutthe form of presentation of the work, about designing variants with a view to correctly linking the function and aesthetic criteria of the work
Skills
suggests variants of object, object, jewelry, both in flat and spatial layout, designing jewelery with respect to the technical and technological procedures and properties of the materials, choose the appropriate technology of model production and the technological process of artifact production, presents his project
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Laboratory work
One-to-One tutorial
Interactive lecture
Skills
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Competences
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Portfolio
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Bouška, Vladimír; Kouřimský, Jiří. Drahé kameny kolem nás : Pomocná kniha pro doplňkovou četbu žáků k učebnicím přírodopisu a geologie na školách I. a II. cyklu. 3., dopln. vyd. Praha : SPN, 1983.
  • Braniš, A. Materiály pro zlatníky a klenotníky. Praha, SPN, 1992.
  • Braniš, A. Technologie pro obor zlatník a klenotník. Praha, SPN, 1985.
  • Schätz, Miroslav. Moderní materiály ve výtvarné praxi. Praha : SNTL, 1982.
  • Täubl, Karel. Zlatnictví, stříbrnictví a klenotnictví. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1989. ISBN 80-03-00130-7.
  • Täubl, Karel. Zlatnictví. Praha, SNTL, 1976.


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