| CODE | BLH4032 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Development of Practical Manual Skills 2: Decorative Architectural Surfaces | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Conservation and Built Heritage | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit consists entirely of supervised, laboratory- and field work-based practical sessions, with an in-depth view on decorative architectural surfaces compared to the SU BLH 4031 'Development of Practical Manual Skills 1'. In the laboratory-based sessions, the students will handle and use original materials and traditional tools to learn the process of making a decorative architectural surface and to produce replicas of them. In the field work-based practical sessions, the students will visit artists' workshops and see/try in practice traditional materials and techniques. Students will primarily work individually but they will also be engaged in group exercises. Workshops will include the following: - development of observation skills; - development of dexterity and practical skills; - drawing exercises; - use of traditional materials such as lime, aggregates, pigments and organic binders; - use of traditional tools and techniques; - recognition of toolmarks and sequence of layering on decorative architectural surfaces. These will be followed by a fully integrated exercise engaging with the entire process required to manufacture a replica of a decorative architectural surfaces or a sample of it. Students will document their practical work in a journal. Study-Unit Aims: - Develop and improve manual skills and dexterity, with a specific focus on original materials and techniques for decorative architectural surfaces; - Reproduce some of the traditional materials and methods used to create decorative architectural surfaces; - Examine a historic artefact and/or decorative architectural surfaces as the product of a sequence of actions and tool use, and to describe such an artifact/surface using the correct terminology. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe materials and methods used to create a selection of decorative architectural surfaces using appropriate terminology; - Identify the different techniques used in the production of a decorative architectural surfaces through first-hand examination; - Recognise and discuss properties of materials crucial for the production of decorative architectural surfaces. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Examine a decorative surface and describe the processes through which it was created; - Produce replicas of a selection of decorative architectural surfaces using appropriately traditional tools and techniques; - Record and illustrate practical work through a journal. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Historic England. 2011. Practical Building Conservation: Mortars, Renders and Plasters. Henri, A. and Stewart, J. (Eds) (Available at Main Library General) - Merrifield, M.P. 2003. The Art of Fresco Painting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Dover Publications, 2003 (Available at Faculty of Built Env. Library General) - Carlyle, L. "Reconstructions of Oil Painting Materials and Techniques : The HART Model for Approaching Historical Accuracy." Reconstruction, Replication and Re-enactment in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Amsterdam: Amsterdam UP, 2021. 141-68 (Available thorugh University online resources). - Eastaugh, N., Walsh, V., Chapli, T., & Siddall, R. (2008). Pigment compendium. A Dictionary and Optical Microscopy of Historical Pigments. Routledge (Available at Main Library General). Supplementary Readings: - Rockwell P., The Art of Stoneworking: a reference guide. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 1995 (Available in UoM Bighi Library) |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-units: Development of Practical Manual Skills 1 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical, Independent Study & Tutorial | |||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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