GOLDSMITHING SPECIALIZATION
Three year Course
TEACHINGS
LABORATORY
- Goldsmith workshop300 hours
- Project of sacred goldsmithery140 hours
DRAWING
- Design35 hours
- Rhinoceros 3D 1 level course24 hours
CLASSROOM
- Technology35 hours
- Art history25 hours
- History of goldsmithery12 hours
- Philosophy and theology of the body10 hours
- Seminars on sacred art20 hours
- Christian Iconography10 hours
- Composition8 hours
- Sacred liturgy20 hours
- Sacred Scripture24 hours
- Artistic entrepreneurship20 hours
- Sacred art
in contemporary culture10 hours
INDIVIDUAL
- Individual work107 hours
START COURSE:5th October 2021
TUITION FEE
Annual cost of the course: €7000,00.
Payment Deadlines
Non-refundable registration fee €500,00: April 30, 2021.
Remaining balance (€6500,00): September 1, 2021.
Each student will purchase personal equipment following the directions of the main professor.
FREQUENCY
Attendance at all lessons is mandatory. The evaluation of each subject will be possible if the absences do not exceed 20%.
The diploma of specialization will be issued at the end of the three-year period. The vote will correspond to the sum of the evaluations for each single subject.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Students can apply for a scholarship at the end of the first year of course, by May 31st. The scholarship will eventually be awarded for the second year of specialization.
If the student does not attend with profit and does not show consistency in the fulfillment of all the school commitments signed, the school will revoke the scholarship that must be reimbursed in full by the beneficiary.
DEADLINE: 31st August 2020
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PROGRAM
Academic Year 2021/2022
In the first year of the course the Goldsmithing workshop module focuses on the main metalsmithing techniques. In this coming academic year we decided to divide it up so as to obtain three quarterly modules which can be attended independently from the main program.
The first module aims at acquiring sufficient manual dexterity and precision in the use of the fundamental tools of the goldsmith’s work (files, fretwork, burins, hammer, pliers, measuring instruments, etc.), understanding the rules of metal construction (proper use of welds, design of flat 3D shapes, precision assemblies, assembly procedures, finishing techniques) and at refining the taste for beautiful design and a polished work.
The second module is entirely devoted to the chiselling technique, which is the oldest and most noble decorative art to be used on metal. At the beginning of the course students will learn about manufacturing chisels and pitch, fundamental steps for the chiseller, who usually makes his own working tools. We move on to chiselling flat slabs, facing gradually the difficulties that this technique presents.
The third module, the only one which requires a prior technical knowledge, further refines the construction techniques learned in the first trimester. There are fewer exercises of greater complexity which require the creation of a personal project designed and crafted by the student. We will also learn the torch-fired enameling technique. Throughout the three modules the students will gain experience on stone setting.