BCFE Ballyfermot College of Further Education
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Caroline McKenna
Art and Crafts
A1 ART PORTFOLIO PREPARATION
A course specifically designed in portfolio preparation for those wishing to apply to art colleges. Participants will be expected to work on preparation of their portfolios outside of class hours. Students should be at least 16 years and all those under 18 will be required to have a parental/guardian consent form signed on their behalf. Note: A model will be used for some life drawing sessions.
MONDAY & WEDNESDAY 6.45-9.45pm DURATION: 15 weeks COST: €300.00
A2 PORTFOLIO PREPARATION FOR ANIMATION New
The aim of this course is to help students develop a portfolio which is suitable for admission to our Animation Drawing Studies Program. During the course students will explore a variety of media and the use of colour. There will be a strong focus on observational studies from life.
Wednesday 6.45-9.45pm Duration: 15 weeks. Cost: €180.00
A3 MILLINERY AS A HOME CRAFT New
Aim of Course
The aim of the course is to provide students with the skills to design and create amazing, individual headpieces, hats and fascinators using traditional millinery fabrics and techniques from the comfort of their own home.
Over 15 weeks, students will be taught the principals of Millinery design and construction, and how to put these principals into practice. Topics include hand stitching and machine work, creating brimmed pieces, using moulds to get solid shapes, and embellishing their finished pieces with beadwork and feathers.
Students should bring an assortment of beads, threads, scissors, pins, ribbons, synthetic flowers, haberdashery etc. which they feel would add to their final creations.
Weeks 1 – 5 – FASCINATORS
- Introduction to Fabrics, Patterns, Dyeing.
- Stiffeners, colours and edging. Tricks of the trade.
- Shaping, cutting and moulding.
WEEKS 6 – 10
- Assembling your piece.
- Beading, feathers and embroidery to make your creation a truly individual statement.
- Dyeing, cutting and shaping feathers.
- Bases, Brims and crowns.
WEEKS 11-14
Over to you! For the final three weeks, you will be encouraged and assisted as you design your own headpiece or hat, taking inspiration from whatever source you please, magazine cuttings, Photographs etc. From initial idea/concept through dyeing/selecting colours and styles to pattern cutting, wiring brims, embellishments until you have a completed one of a kind creation.
WEEK 15
The final week will be your opportunity to ask any questions you may have, put the finishing touches to your creations, and go back over anything you feel you need to hear and see again.
Materials for Millinery course
To begin with each student would need a minimum of one meter Synamay, a straw fabric that is used in most cntemporary millinery. The fabric is available from Beads and Bling in Temple Bar, and the Woollen Mills on the quays, One small tub of Dylon handwash dye (Torquoise) – €2. One spool of Gutterman thread (Torquoise) –One Polystyrene Head (hairdresser supplies) –Scissors. Sewing needles. One plastic headpiece comb. One meter of white spagetti elastic.
This would be enough to get started with creating your first piece, as the course progresses students may want to purchase more material in predyed colours, other haberdashery to their taste and requirements.
Wednesday 7.30-9.30pm Duration: 12 weeks. Cost: €160.00 (not including materials)
A4 SUMMER SCHOOL PORTFOLIO PREPARATION New
BCFE Portfolio Preparation Summer School 2011
This summer school will be run for 9 days over a 2-week period. Many of the students on the course would be considering developing a portfolio for further study .The aim of the summer school, is to give students a basic grounding in producing of portfolio and advice an producing the work relevant to the students area of interest.
The objectives over the 9 days are to show students how to conduct visual research, improve observational skills and to expose students to a range of material and techniques. All applicants should be a minimum of 16 years. A letter giving parental/ guardian consent will be required from applicants under 18 years.
A maximum of 17 students can be accepted so early booking is strongly advised... If there are sufficient numbers a waiting list will be established and an additional course may be scheduled for mid June.
All participants should bring a packed lunch daily and should have their own art kit consisting of the following: Brushes, pencils, graphite pencils, charcoal, pastels, acrylic paints and brushes, watercolours and watercolour paper, A3 Sketch and colouring pads.
Closing date is Monday, 30th May 2011
Course commences Tuesday, 3rd June from 10am -3.30 pm daily in BCFE Arts Building
Duration: Week 1: 7th June - 10th June 2011 Week 2: 13th June - 17th June 2011 - 10.00am - 3.30pm Cost: €300
A5 SUMMER SCHOOL CERAMICS New
This course is suitable for individuals with either no previous knowledge of ceramics, who wish to develop skills to create unique ceramic works of their own. It is also suitable for more advanced students wishing to further their education in the art of ceramics and add to their portfolio.
Course content:
- Materials and equipment
- Ceramic techniques
- Decorating and glazing
- Firing techniques
10.00am-3.30pm Duration: 5 Days. Cost: €180.00
A6 A-Z INTRO TO DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION
The aim of this course is to provide a fun filled and quick guide to all aspects of digital video production, from the basics right up to trade secrets, (things to know, how to be more professional), so that all participants have an introductory overview of the industry and how they could work within it. A DVD of final pieces will be provided to each person on completion.
Wednesday 6.45-9.45pm Duration: 10 weeks. Cost: €300.00
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