Sculpture- Working with plaste ΙII
| Title | ΓΛΥΠΤΙΚΗ-ΓΥΨΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ 3 / Sculpture- Working with plaste ΙII |
| Code | ΥΚΓΓΤ3 |
| Faculty | Fine Arts |
| School | Visual and Applied Arts |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Aris Katsilakis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600002264 |
Programme of Study: New PPS of School of Visual and Applied Arts (2014-today)
Registered students: 22
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLYPTIKĪS | Artistic Spesialization | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
|
| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Total Hours | 26 |
| Class ID | 600281301
|
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600281301
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
• Acquire technical skills in creating plaster molds, casts, from a prototype model.
• Εxpand their casting with plaster knowledge with various techniques.
• Εxperiment with contemporary molding materials.
• Obtain the ability to produce a mold for reproducing ceramic sculptures.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The class includes the development of technical skills in creating plaster molds, for multiple casts to produce a mold for reproducing ceramic sculptures that serve contemporary sculptural thinking.
Molding and casting with plaster using various techniques . Creating a mold out of a clay model and cast it in plaster.
Experimentation, practice, and knowledge enrichment in using contemporary molding materials.
Keywords
Art studio Plaster
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Presentation of new techniques for molding and reproduction, presentation of corresponding workshops abroad, artists examples.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars | |||||
| Laboratory Work | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Artistic Workshop | |||||
| Artistic creation | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Total | 60 | 2 |
Student Assessment
Description
The assessment οf the students performance is being done by the continuous observation of their knowledge, their daily precense at the art lab, as well as the course's final exams, which constitute the presentation of the final project, mold and final sculpture with plaster as a main material and is announced at the beggining of the semester by the instructor.
The assessment's criteria for the course are indicated thoroughly at the department's study guide.
Student Assessment methods
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Βιβλίο [133030748]: Τέχνη εκ των πραγμάτων Χαραλαμπίδης Άλκης
Βιβλίο [133024771]: ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΜΟΝΤΕΛΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ ΕΚΜΑΓΕΥΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΑΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗΣ
Βιβλίο [86200416]: ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΠΑΙΧΝΙΔΙ, Γιόχαν Χουιζίνκα
Βιβλίο [24393]: Ελληνική πλαστική: Κλασσική περίοδος, Boardman John
Last Update
10-09-2025
