RETURN TO PROGRAMS A-Z ry a LENGTH OF STUDY: 10 Months ACCREDITATION: Certificate CAMPUS: Victoria Street Campus, Nelson Learn blacksmithing, welding and metal casting techniques to manipulate, form and join steel for both form and function. Focusing on exploring your personal expression in metal, we give you the necessary discipline and skills to be able to venture into the global metal marketplace. With an emphasis on developing proper technique and using appropriate tools safely, you will learn how to design, sculpt, mold and cast in bronze using sand and lost wax casting methods. Plus, you will get hands-on practice in studio production, casting sculptural forms and pouring molten metal as you design, create and develop molds and patterns for casting in our foundry room. You will gain the control and confidence to produce traditional and contemporary ironwork and reach a level appropriate for a blacksmith apprentice. Produce work in non-ferrous metals through a variety of studio and foundry demonstrations, discussions, field tips, exercises and self-directed studio time. GAIN VALUABLE SKILLS — Learn the basics of tool construction and tool safety (TIG welder, grinders, air tools) — Making rubber molds — Wax chasing — Metal finishing — How to submit a presentation to a client — Increase your hand skills and your hand-eye coordination — Understand the movement of mass — Sharpen your creative problem solving 210 Selkirk College Academic Calendar 2019-20 Sculptural Metal Studio selkirk.ca/program/sculptural-metal Upon successful completion of a 10 month Certificate program students may pursue a diploma in Studio Arts with a Sculptural Metal major. See Studio Arts diploma or http://selkirk.ca/program/studio-arts- diploma for more information. SEMESTER 1 Course Name Credit BLCK 121 Shop Cultures: Safety and Devices On Campus 15 BLCK 123 Fabrication Techniques: Welded Forms On Campus 4 BLCK 125 Design for Fabrication and Blacksmithing On Campus 3.5 BLCK 127 Force, Stance, Direction: Primary Hammer Skills On Campus 4 BLCK 129 Advanced Techniques: Conceptualize and Create On Campus 4 BLCK 131 Production Processes On Campus 3 Total 20 SEMESTER 2 Course Name Credit CAST 122 Drawing and Design for Metal Casting On Campus 3 CAST 124 How to Cast Bronze On Campus 7 CAST 126 Exploration of Bronze On Campus 7 CAST 128 Sculptural Modeling in Clay On Campus 3 Total 20 SEMESTER 3 Course Name Credit KSA 190 Self Directed Studio On Campus 9 Admission Requirements In addition to meeting the general entrance requirements for admission to Selkirk College, an applicant must meet the following Kootenay Studio Arts programming (KSA) entrance requirements: QUESTIONNAIRE All applicants must complete and submit a questionnaire at least one week prior to their scheduled interview date. The questionnaire helps us to understand the applicant’s interest and commitment to the studio program. Submit the questionnaire and portfolio using the Kootenay Studio Arts online form. INTERVIEW All applicants are required to participate in an interview with a program instructor from the Kootenay School of the Arts program. Telephone interviews will be arranged for those applicants who, because of distance, cannot attend in person. The interview is an opportunity for applicants to introduce themselves, present their work and discuss their interests within the arts. The instructor will assess the applicant’s preparedness for entry into the program and will ask about commitment, goals and expectations, design knowledge, experience and communication skills. It is also an opportunity for applicants to ask any questions they might have about the program and for faculty to recommend upgrading if necessary. PORTFOLIOS The portfolio is designed to assess your skill level to help instructors increase your chances of success in your studio program. KSA is looking for a demonstration of visual awareness, creativity and technical skill. The portfolio pieces may be of any medium and they need not be specific to studio preference. For portfolio guidelines see our website http:// selkirk.ca/program/sculptural-metal/admission- requirements or see Kootenay Studio Arts program policy — Appendix F. selkirk.ca/programs