| CODE | BLH4033 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Development of Practical Manual Skills 2: Stone | |||||||||
| 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 '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 stone artifact/structure 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; - modelling exercises; - use of traditional materials such as different type of local and non-local stone; - use of traditional tools and techniques; - recognition of toolmarks and sequence of layering on stone artifacts/structures. These will be followed by a fully integrated exercise engaging with the entire process required to manufacture a replica of a stone artifact/structure 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 stone artifacts/structures; - Be able to reproduce some of the traditional materials and methods used to create historic stone artifacts/structures; - Examine a stone artifact/structure as the product of a sequence of actions and tool use, and describe it 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 stone artifacts/structures using appropriate terminology; - Identify the different techniques used in the production of a selection of stone artifacts/structures through first-hand examination; - Recognise and discuss properties of materials crucial for the production of hstone artifacts/structures. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Examine a stone artifact/structure and describe the processes through which they were created; - Produce replicas of a selection of stone artifacts/structures using correctly traditional tools and techniques; - Record and illustrate practical work through a journal. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Essential Readings: - Rockwell P., The Art of Stoneworking: a reference guide. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, 1995 (Available on the UM HyDi portal and at Bighi Library) - Vincent Zammit. 2004. The Limestone Heritage. Si摹摹iewi. Insight Heritage Guides. (Available at Bighi Library and UM Melitensia Special Collections) - Rich, Jack, The Materials and Methods of Sculpture. Dover. New York, 1988. (Available UoM Bighi Library) Supplementary Readings: - A Guidebook to The Old Parish Church of Siggiewi - ELAICH bookletFile. 2011 - Borg J. G., 1975, Is-Sengha tal-Bini, 2nd edition, Progress Press, Malta (Available in UoM Main Library) - Skola Glormu Cassar, Reprint 2004, Il-Bennej, DOI, Malta (Available in UoM Main and Bighi Libraries). |
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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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