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Craft Courses
Ceramics
The ceramic department runs an internationally and nationally recognised course. The campus was established in 1870, with it's distinguished tradition in art education. The course provides you with the technical knowledge, skills and aesthetic awareness to produce work which focuses on your chosen mode of expression - functional, decorative or sculptural. Supportive technical staff and a tradition of visitors from throughout the world provide a stimulating and enriching environment.
Jewellery
Jewellery making is presented to students as a total process which includes personal research, source development (workbooks, drawing, marquettes) and appropriate workshop procedures for a range of techniques and materials. Senior students are encouraged to explore this process in depth through individually determined programmes, both refining and personalising their approach to making jewellery within a contemporary New Zealand context.
Textiles
The programme introduces design and conceptual projects for the production of a diverse range of textile outcomes. Senior students are encouraged to consolidate earlier studies, develop new skills and research ideas with which to establish their own personal approach to textiles.
School of Art
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Dunedin
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Campuses
The three tertiary institutions, the University of Otago, the College of Education and Otago Polytechnic share boundaries and in some case facilities. They are found in a square kilometre or so of land between the Leith River and the harbour, ten minutes from the centre of town.
To provide innovative and professional tuition which encourages versatility and self-sufficiency in students and their pursuit of excellence in the visual arts.
Diploma in Craft Design
Diploma in Ceramic Arts
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This department, which has the most extensive facilities and range of equipment in New Zealand, offers a secure grounding and comprehensive ceramics education relevant to todays student. Emphasis is placed on educating students as creative ceramics practitioners. This is achieved through their experiencing materials, processes and techniques in a manner designed to promote analytical, critical and conceptual development.
Jewellery facilities provide a central metalsmithing workshop with self-contained areas for forging, casting, etching, polishing and two separate workshops for the forming of non-metal-jewellery.
Textiles encompasses a range of technical and conceptual approaches to working with fibres and fabrics, including screen and other printing processes, colour and dye techniques, stitch, weave, papermaking and 3-D constructions, all of which can be explored in various combinations.
