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The
course offered by the Wood Workshop are based on a series
of projects of varying complexity, each designed to cover
a specific area of tool usage, structure, or timber technology.
A variety of hand and machine wood-working techniques, and
design skills are practised. Research exercises, lectures
and seminars provide an additional theoretical component
to the courses. The first half of the degree and diploma
courses comprise a structured teaching program of demonstrations,
set exercises and directed projects. Aspects covered include
correct tool usage and maintenance, Workshop ergonomics
and safety, timber technology, jointing systems, timber
structures, wood finishing techniques, design theory and
practice, and a drawing program which includes technical,
free-hand, and life/still life drawing components.
The
second half of both courses provides students with the opportunity
to consolidate skills acquired earlier in the program, through
a series of projects which allow for students to develop
a more personal approach to the structural and formal potential
of their medium. Students are encouraged to examine their
own practices, and look beyond the traditional boundaries
of the craft of wood working to begin to establish a place
as a designer/craftsperson.
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