WOOD CARVING / WOOD ASSEMBLING (Practical)

Course

  Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

VAS 405

Wood Carving / Wood Assembling

(Practical)

The students will –

CO101:  Detect the grain of different types of wood, their moisture levels etc so they can identify good quality wood in nature as well as in factories.

CO102: Hypothesize a composition within the volume of the wood to practice marking out in 3D the negative and positive spaces.

CO103: Construct simple compositions in wood (relief or round) learn what the medium offers in the language of art.

CO104: Experiment with various shapes of the wood carving tools to later use them as an advantage in the compositions.

CO105: Detect the direction of grain of the wood so as to use tools effectively and produce desired effects in the work.

CO106: Master the technique of using a mallet with light or tough pressures according to the requirement of the composition.

CO107: Assemble carved wood into refined compositions to train in the basics of the assemblage process. 

CO108: Select abrasives, polished and surface grinding tools to achieve desired surface textures on the sculpture.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion on composition subjects, Tutorials, Videos, Demonstration, Reading assignments.

Learning activities for the students:

 Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical, handling of photography tools.

Semester end examinations, Continuous Assessment Test, Sketching, layouts Viva-Voice on display of artworks, Continuous Assessment Test, Quizzes, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and regular submission.