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FINE ARTS | JEWELLERY DESIGN | VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN | VISUAL STUDIES

since 1963

The milieu of Stellenbosch offers a unique perspective to visual arts students: the intimate and supportive environment of a historical university town that is offset by the international, cosmopolitan and culturally diverse environment of central Cape Town, only 45 minutes drive away. The Department of Visual Arts occupies a historic, fully renovated building in oak-lined Victoria Street. We offer custom-designed studio and workshop spaces for our undergraduate study streams in Fine Arts, Visual Communication Design and Jewellery Design, including an industry-standard new media computer lab. In keeping with developments in contemporary art and design, the department’s ethos is multidisciplinary, supporting students working in all aspects of new media, including video and digital arts, as well as offering a solid foundation in traditional visual and applied arts practices.

In addition to the expertise provided by full-time staff members, students are continually exposed to industry professionals, either through visiting artists and specialists in the department, or field trips to major exhibitions, events or industry fairs.

Through all study streams, emphasis is placed on the production and critical evaluation of visual culture, rooted in addressing and reflecting all aspects of contemporary South African culture. The department also offers postgraduate study in Visual Arts, Illustration, Visual Studies and Art Education. Please contact Yumna Williams at +27 (0)21 808 3052 or [email protected] for more information in this regard.

A BA in Visual Arts provides the core technical and conceptual skills for careers as artists, designers, art educators and teachers, curators, art critics or historians. These skills are also much sought after in the broader creative industries, including film production, arts administration, museum and heritage work, publishing and journalism, architecture and interior design consulting, design and advertising industries, jewellery manufacture, and so on.

The popular preconception that a BA degree in Visual Arts is not career-focused is dismissed by the successes of graduates from this school who have demonstrated that they offer a highly attractive skills-set to potential employers. A BA in Visual Arts graduate is also by nature innovative and flexible, and thus very well suited to entrepreneurial work.

Stellenbosch University / Visual Arts Department

Ons bied pasgemaakte ateljee-en werkswinkelruimtes vir ons

voorgraadse studiestrome in Skone Kunste, Visuele

Kommunikasieontwerp en Juweliersware-ontwerp,

insluitende ʼn nuwemedia-rekenaarlaboratorium op

bedryfstandaard. Om tred te hou met ontwikkelinge in moderne kuns en ontwerp, is die departement se etos

multidissiplinêr. Studente word in alle aspekte van nuwe media

ondersteun, wat video en digitale kunste insluit, en ons

bied ook ʼn stewige grondslag in tradisionele visuele en

toegepaste kunspraktyke.

ʼn BA in Visuele Kunste bied die kern- tegniese en konseptuele

vaardighede vir loopbane as kunstenaars, ontwerpers,

kunsopvoeders en -onderwysers, kurators, kunsresensente of

kunsgeskiedkundiges. ʼn Persoon met ʼn BA in Visuele Kunste is

ook van nature innoverend en buigsaam, en dus uiters geskik vir

entrepreneuriese werk.

Ingcinga ebubuvuvu yokuba isidanga se-BA kubuGcisa beZandla asingomsebenzi

ibhangiswa yimpumelelo yabathweswa izidanga abaphuma

kwesi sikolo nababonakalisa ukuba izakhono zabo zitsala umdla omkhulu kubaqeshi.

Umthweswa-sidanga se-BA kubuGcisa beZandla

ngokwendalo yakhe unaso esi siphiwo kwaye unokwenza nantoni na, ngoko ke ukulungele ukuqala

ishishini lakhe.

about US

future POSSIBILITIES

Department of Visual Arts » Stellenbosch UniversityDepartement Visuele Kunste » Universiteit StellenboschIsebe Iobugcisa beZandlas » iYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch

The Department of Visual Arts at Stelleznbosch University offers a four-year BA-degree in Fine Arts, Visual Communication Design, and Creative Jewellery and Metal Design.

Yumna Williams+27 (0)21 808 3052 (t)+27 (0)21 808 3044 (f)[email protected]

Visual Arts BuildingVictoria StreetStellenbosch

Information on portfolio requirements is available from:

Annatjie Moolman+27 (0)21 808 [email protected]

Or write to:ApplicationsUniversity of StellenboschPrivate Bag X1Matieland 7602

Stellenbosch University / Visual Arts Department

Web: http://www.sun.ac.za/visualartsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/StellenboschVisualArtsDepartment/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stellenboschvisualarts/

general ENQUIRIES

touch THE FUTURE

available FACILITIES

your APPLICATION

» Home studios for every year group

» Printmaking, lithography and screen-printing studios.

» Photography studio with state-of-the-art lighting equipment.

» Photographic darkroom facilities with enlargers.

» Cameras, video cameras and sound equipment.

» Seminar spaces with digital projectors, VCR and sound.

» Drawing studio.

» Wood, metal and casting workshops.

» Jewellery studios with tools and machinery.

» Enamel room with large enamel kiln.

» Gemmology laboratory used solely by jewellery design students.

» Apple Mac laboratory with design software, flatbed scanners and colour printers.

» Bookbinding studio with large format printer.

Incorporated into each poster in this brochure is an interactive instruction. Complete each instruction in an innovative and creative way, make it your own, take a picture and post it on Instagram and Facebook using the hashtag, #touchthefutureSU.

The aim of this interactive element is to demonstrate the expereince of what studying Visual Arts consists of. Furthermore, this action is meant to encourage you to not be afraid to make, mess and create. A selection of photographs / creations will be chosen to be shared on the Stellenbosch Visual Arts Department‘s Facebook page.

Don’t forget to tag the department using: @stellenboschvisualarts / Stellenbosch Visual Arts Department.

The Department of Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University offers a four-year BA degree in Fine Arts.Die Departement Visuele Kunste by die Universiteit Stellenbosch bied ’n vierjaar-BA-graad in Skone Kunste aan.Isebe lobuGcisa beZandla eYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch lifundisa isidanga se-BA seminyaka emine kubuGcisa beZandla.

Art is a demanding and competitive career choice. It is a vocation: not simply a job. It is true that the art industry is a complex, competitive and demanding environment. When we refer to the ‘art world’, we are actually suggesting something of its special conditions, with it being a unique economy in which ideas about culture, language, taste, style, entrepreneurship, knowledge and value are constantly put to the test. A wide range of skills is therefore required to keep things on track. A degree in art is a degree in the kind of creative thinking that the new knowledge economy seeks out. So it’s less a question of getting a ‘real’ job, than having the imagination and skills to invent the job you wish to have.

Kuns is ’n veeleisende en mededingende

loopbaankeuse. Wanneer ons van die “kunswêreld” praat,

suggereer dit inderdaad iets omtrent die spesiale omstandighede van dié

wêreld, ’n eiesoortige ekonomie waarin idees oor kultuur, taal, smaak, styl, entrepreneurskap,

kennis en waarde voortdurend getoets word. ’n Wye verskeidenheid van

vaardighede is daarom nodig om sake op

dreef te hou.

The methodology of the programme prioritises self-directed, self-conscious practice. It is based on developing critical thinking and problem-solving abilities through creative work, within which parameters students are free to explore the most appropriate ways of realising ideas.

You will continue to discover and refine the content of your work through process, experimentation and being open to facing challenges. You have to be prepared to move outside of your comfort zone and to try out skills and ideas that you have maybe not yet considered.

Contact time with lecturing staff and tutors varies according to year of study. Second year students receive more structured attention than fourth year students, who are more experienced and who are therefore expected to work independently. On average, lecturers will spend 9 – 12 hours per week on undergraduate teaching, depending on the year of study. Being prepared is therefore critical, as time must be used effectively.

Die metodologie van die program verleen voorrang aan ’n selfgerigte, selfbewuste praktyk. Dit berus op die ontwikkeling van ’n vermoë om krities te dink en probleme op te los, wat deur skeppende werk geskied waarbinne studente vry is om die mees gepaste wyses te verken waarop idees verwerklik kan word.

Deur proses, eksperimentering en oop te wees vir uitdagings, sal jy die inhoud van jou werk voortdurend ontdek en verfyn. Jy moet bereid wees om uit jou gemaksone te beweeg en vaardighede en idees te beproef wat jy miskien nog nie oorweeg het nie.

why FINE ARTS?

teaching METHODS

FINE ARTS

Studio practice will involve structured sessions specific to each year group, as well as self-directed, independent studio time, supported by consultations with lecturing staff, including visiting lecturers, and group crits.

A Visiting Artist lunchtime lecture programme (VAP) provides an opportunity for professional artists, curators, gallerists and art activists to share their work and experiences, and for you to engage them in critical discussions regarding contemporary art.

Jou ateljeepraktyk sal gestruktureerde

sessies, spesifiek aan elke jaargroep, sowel as selfgerigte, onafhanklike

ateljeetyd behels. Dit sal deur oorlegpleging

met die doseerpersoneel ondersteun word en

kritiese evaluering deur besoekende dosente

en die res van jou groep insluit.

general STRUCTURE

The course offers an integrated approach to Fine

Arts studies, wherein the principle objective is to

promote an understanding of the critical

In jou eerste studiejaar word jy bekendgestel aan ’n verskeidenheid

van dissiplines in Skone Kunste – Tekenkuns, Boekkuns, Drukkuns,

Skilderkuns, Fotografie, Beeldhoukuns – en aan party van die basiese

vaardighede en tegnieke wat by elkeen betrokke is.

Op tweedejaarvlak is die doel om ’n meer diepgaande begrip te ontwikkel van die prosesse en vaardighede wat met elke dissipline geassosieer word.

Daar word groter klem geplaas op konseptuele denke met betrekking tot proses, met die doel om telkens die potensiaal van materiaal, proses

en tegniek te demonstreer ten einde nuwe idees en konseptuele inhoud te

help ontwikkel.

Stellenbosch University / Fine Arts

Le nkqubo ifuna ukuzibophelela nokuzimisela okupheleleyo

ukuze uphumeze ezi njongo, kwaye silindele ukwabelana

nentatho-nxaxheba epheleleyo – nantoni na enganeno koku

akunakulindela mpumelelo kuyo. Khumbula ukuba uthatha

inxaxheba ekumiseleni – oko nikwenzela nina – iziseko

nezikhokelo zendlela yobomi elungiselelweyo nenika umdla.

Izinto ezilindeleke kuwe zikwizinga eliphezulu, ngoko ke qinisekisa ukuba uyakhula

kwaye uphumeza okwakho ukuqaqamba.

The programme demands total commitment and dedication from students in order to achieve its goals, and we expect full and undivided engagement and participation – anything less than this and you cannot expect success. Remember that you are engaged in establishing – for yourself – the foundations and directions of a disciplined and exciting way of life. Expectations of you are high, so make sure that you grow and fulfil your own potential. The over-arching aim of the fine arts programme is fourfold:

the FINE ARTS course

To provide you with a broad a range of technical skills that are used in the production of contemporary artworks (2-dimensional, 3-dimensional and new media; performance, video, sound, installation, digital and computer arts, etc.).

To foster an understanding of the crucial relationship between form and conceptual thinking, and how the manipulation of material, process and technique can aid in the development of new insight, ideas and the production of knowledge.

In the first year of study you are exposed to a range of Fine Art disciplines - Book Art, Drawing, Printmaking, Painting, Photography, Sculpture – and some of the basic skills and techniques involved in each of these. During this year, the means of instruction is project-based. Throughout your first year you will be asked to complete a number of projects in the various disciplines mentioned above. For each of the projects completed you will be awarded a mark, the average of which will constitute a coursework mark.

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The fourth year is equivalent to an Honours year in a BA degree. This means that you are expected to work independently, with the support of lecturing staff in consultations and crits. Exhibition Practice and Professional Practice, including the Brown Bag seminar, provide the opportunity for professional development and group discussion. In fourth year students are required to produce a body of work that is mature in terms of both technique and conceptual content. The means of instruction at this level consists of regular individual consultation with members of staff and group crits conducted by members of staff.

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In your third year you are increasingly encouraged to produce artworks that are driven by your own particular interests and explorations regarding ideas and conceptual content as well as material, process and technique. During the first semester teaching is still project-based, even though greater freedom is encouraged regarding choice of material, process and technique. In the second semester, however, you are expected to produce works that are entirely self-initiated. As of the second semester, the method of instruction shifts to individual consultation between student and assigned tutor. Towards the end of the second semester, students are given the task of producing their own website and a catalogue of the year’s work as a first exercise in professional studio practice.

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what will you LEARN?

In terms of studio practice, to help you to develop a visual language that is personal and unique, and which you can articulate and defend in the public realm.

To assist you in becoming confident, independent and self-reliant in terms of studio practice.

YEARS OF STUDY

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In second year you keep doing projects in the different Fine Art disciplines introduced to you in first year, including a number of projects in New Media (performance and video). At second year level the aim is to develop a more in-depth understanding of the processes and skills associated with each discipline. Greater emphasis is placed on conceptual thinking in relation to process, with the aim being to demonstrate the potential of each material, process and technique in order to help develop new ideas and conceptual content. The overall aim of second year is to encourage you to find your own particular interest, in terms of both concepts and mediums, on which to focus and expand in your third year. The means of instruction in second year is project-based. Throughout the year you will be asked to complete a number of projects in the various disciplines mentioned above. For each of the projects completed you will be awarded a mark, the average of which will constitute a coursework mark.

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Studying Visual Communication Design at Stellenbosch University offers an environment that allows for the exchange of ideas and cross-fertilisation between different art forms, disciplines, departments and faculties on campus. As visual communication design is involved in all aspects of our lifeworlds these surroundings create a rich and rewarding learning experience for our students.

Visual communication design is a broad term encompassing graphic design, information design, instructional design, visual storytelling and various products of cultural and visual information. Featuring a broad range of media and formats, each of these visual messages is designed with a specific function, purpose and audience in mind.

Design practitioners of the 21st Century are facing a multitude challenges in much broader and complex strategic contexts than ever before. Material, environmental and social changes require future designers to anticipate problems and solutions rather than solving

why STELLENBOSCH?

what is VCD?

only known problems. While technology is constantly changing and advancing design tools, the real pursuit for designers remains the same: to create content and meaning, and to make a positive contribution towards culture.

By encouraging a way of working that accepts the unknown and the unseen, the Visual Communication Design course focuses on optimising the designer’s ability to embrace uncertainty and rise to meet the challenges of the future.

Aangesien visuele kommunikasieontwerp

betrokkenheid by alle aspekte van ons

leefwêrelde bied, skep hierdie omgewings ʼn ryk en lonende leerervaring

vir ons studente.

Visuele kommunikasie ontwerp is ʼn breë term wat grafiese ontwerp,

inligtingsontwerp, onderrigontwerp, visuele

storievertelling en verskeie produkte van kulturele en

visuele inligting omvat.

Our course aims to educate designers who can contribute to the advancement of the discipline as well as the development of social and cultural contexts and environments. Taking up a socio-critical position empowers students to conduct their design practices with necessary confidence and accountability.

Our course aims to develop a broad understanding in students of the role, purpose and possibilities of design. The course focuses on teaching students to generate meaning by organising and shaping information within specific social and cultural contexts. A multi-disciplinary approach to design directs these processes. Knowledge of both historical and contemporary developments in art and design thinking, philosophy, semiotics, sociology and industrial psychology assist students to understand a larger world of ideas and to challenge their own assumptions and perspectives.

the COURSE

Ons kursus in Visuele Kommunikasieontwerp is daarop gemik om ʼn breë begrip van die rol, doel

en moontlikhede van ontwerp onder studente te ontwikkel. Die kursus fokus

daarop om studente te leer om betekenis te genereer deur inligting in spesifieke

sosiale en kulturele kontekste te organiseer en te vorm. ʼn Multidissiplinêre benadering tot ontwerp rig

hierdie prosesse.

Our Visual Communication Design Programme evolves continuously while advancing the core design principles of critical thinking, theory, practice and exploration. Solid grounding in design principles, visual language skills, and a range of methods and techniques enable them to confidently work with open boundaries while questioning the consequences and sustainability of design at the same time.

Dedicated lecturers bring decades of teaching and professional experience to the programme, and visiting designers, artists and critics add varied and global perspectives to the studios.

The Department of Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University offers a four-year BA degree in Visual Communication Design.Die Departement Visuele Kunste by die Universiteit Stellenbosch bied ʼn vierjaar-BA-graad in Visuele Kommunikasieontwerp aan.Sebe lobuGcisa beZandla kwiYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch lifundisa isidanga se-BA seminyaka emine kuYilo loNxibelelwano ngokuBonakalayo.

VISUAL COMMUNICATIONDESIGN

Stellenbosch University / Visual Communication Design

Our Visual Communication Design course prepares our graduates to work in almost any field imaginable. Most of our graduates find themselves in established professions such as design studios and the advertising industry. Here they work as graphic designers, web designers, art directors, copywriters, studio managers, etc. Others work as graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, editors or researchers on books or magazines in the publishing industry.

It is also not uncommon for our graduates to open their own design studios. Many work as freelance photographers, children’s picture book illustrators, and illustrator-writers of comics and graphic novels.

Some of our graduates pursue careers in education as teachers, or do curatorial work where they plan exhibitions for museums and galleries, or act as educational officers. Our alumni have also carved niches in television, film and animation, working on lighting, on camera, as set designers or as producers.

Izifundo zethu zoYilo loNxibelelwano

ngokuBonakalayo zilungisa abathweswa-zidanga

bethu ukuba basebenze kuzo naziphi na iinkalo

ezinokucingeleka. Uninzi lwabathweswa-zidanga bethu

bazifumana bekwimisebenzi yobungcaphephe enjengokuba

kwistudiyo soyilo kunye necandelo leemveliso

zeentengiso.

Jy sal deur die hele kursus ruim geleent-

heid kry om jou eie temas en onderwerpe

binne die streng kreatiewe grense van projekte te kies. Hier-

die buigsaamheid be-magtig studente om inisiatief te neem in

die slyping van hul eie taal, visie en identiteit

as ontwerpers.

Digital production Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Animate

Adobe DreamWeaverFinalCutPro

HTML & CSSRepro Theory

Typography Layout

Editorial designBook design

Poster design Handlettering & calligraphy

Exhibition design

Visual narrative & storytelling Comics & graphic novels

Picture books, Animation & video

Branding Logo & Packaging design

Campaign design Art direction & Copywriting

Bookmaking & bookbindingPaper geometry & mechanics

Web designMotion graphics

Social media

Sustainable design Slow design

Inclusive design

Participatory designUser-centred design

For more information please visithttps://www.facebook.com/vcdstellenboschuniversity/

In your second year the subjects for the intermediate level of the Visual Communication Design course are: Graphic Design, Interdisciplinary Visual Studies (photography, illustration, printmaking), Drawing, Digital Production, Visual Studies, a module in Sociology of Communication, and a semester course in Industrial Psychology. The aim of Industrial Psychology is to help students acquire a holistic knowledge of consumer behaviour to which they can respond with an appropriate marketing concept.

Subjects in the advanced fourth year are Graphic Design, Interdisciplinary Visual Studies (photography, illustration, printmaking) and Theory of Art. At this level, the Visual Communication Design course culminates in the integration of theory and practice, and the various disciplines and subjects. Through an expanded self-motivated research project you will respond to a social, cultural, environmental or urban problem of your choice. A research article that relates to your practical work will add further rigour and depth to your visual communication design solutions.

During your first year of study, you will investigate fundamental art and design concepts including the basic elements, principles and techniques in drawing, typography, illustration, photography, printmaking, design and digital production. Sociology and the major theoretical subject in this programme, Visual Studies, introduce critical concepts while at the same time broadening the social, cultural and creative visual fields.

In third year you continue with the same subjects as in the previous year. At this first advanced level, you are encouraged to integrate knowledge across these broad-based subjects (e.g. a community development project in collaboration with Sociology requires integrated research and participatory processes towards various design applications). Projects include working with real clients such as NGOs and communities in and around Stellenbosch. At this level, you are also expected to do an internship at a professional studio or creative enterprise of your choice.

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what will you LEARN?Our approach to design is to tackle abstract and real-world problems hands-on, hearts-on, and minds-on. There are no shortcuts or ready-made solutions to great design. You will learn to embrace an intensive design process: in-depth exploration, experimentation, research and even play. By asking questions, and trying out different combinations and possibilities, you will learn to design through doing. Such an immersive approach will help you to think in terms of concepts and to take a critical approach to content. It will also teach you to give form to your ideas, developing your own visual language, and to take responsibility for your chosen points of departure.

Throughout the course, you will have ample opportunity to select and choose your own themes and topics within the strict creative parameters of projects. This flexibility empowers each student to take initiative in honing his or her own language, vision and identity as a designer.

Our course offers extensive opportunities to investigate the various possibilities of expression available to designers, including the full potential and applications of a range of media. The course also allows opportunity for acquiring know-how in terms of finishing and crafting designs professionally.

YEARS OF STUDY

career OPPORTUNITIES

The Department of Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University offers a four-year BA degree Creative Jewellery Design and Metal Techniques.Die Departement Visuele Kunste by die Universiteit Stellenbosch bied ’n vierjaar-BA-graad in Skeppende Juweelontwerp en Metaaltegnieke aan.Isebe lobuGcisa beZandla eYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch lifundisa isidanga se-BA seminyaka emine kubugcisa boYilo lweziHombiso ezinamatye anqabileyo neeNkqubo zesiNyithi.

Creative jewellery design and metal techniques broadly refer to two interlinked aspects of jewellery: the visual conceptual design component on the one hand, and the technical execution / representation thereof on the other.

Jewellery design is a multi-faceted communication and representation tool – even in today’s world. How the body is adorned can reveal something about background, identity, mood, social standing, political viewpoint, cultural practices and growup allegiance. Jewellery can provoke, critique, record and humour, and its many messages are all around us.

Utilising a broad range of approaches, concepts and media, each of these aspects can be explored, understood and applied to own creations. This is the creative domain of our jewellery design students.

Ons program in Skeppende Juweelontwerp en Metaaltegnieke

bied omvattende opleiding, wat ontwerp is vir studente wat wye blootstelling aan ateljeepraktyk

verlang en terselfdertyd ondersoek wil instel na die historiese en

sosiokulturele bewegings wat aan juweliersware betekenis, vorm

en seggingskrag gee.

Ikhosi yethu inenjongo yokufundisa abenzi bezihombiso

ezinamatye anqabileyo abanobuchule abanokuba negalelo kwinkqubela yesi

siza kwinkqubo nakwincoko/nakwingxoxo. Sikhuthaza

abafundi ukuba bazicacise ngesimbo sabo esisodwa,

ekubeni besamkela indlela ephandayo necingisisayo

yomsebenzi wabo. Ukuthatha indawo ebalulekileyo kuhuhlisa

abafundi ukuba benze izenzo zabo zobuchule ngokuzithemba

nangoxanduva, zinto ezo ziyimfuneko.

Juweliersware as liggaams-versiering en sosiale simbool is so oud soos die mensdom self. Dit word in alle kulture aangetref en bly altyd relevant.

Izihombiso ezinamatye anqabileyo njengendlela yokuhombisa kunye nophawu lwezentlalo zindala njengomntu. Zifunyanwa kuzo zonke iinkcubeko kwaye ziya kuhlala zibalulekile.

We guide our students toward developing a holistic understanding of the critical discourse, role and possibilities of jewellery. Our course in creative jewellery design and metal techniques focuses on teaching students to create jewellery based on sourcing, understanding and organising various types of conceptual and visual information within specific contexts and concepts.

Knowledge of both historical and contemporary developments in jewellery design and technique, paired with a critical understanding of socio-cultural theories, enables students to understand a larger world of ideas, whilst challenging their own assumptions and approaches.

Our course aims to educate creative jewellers who can contribute to the advancement of the discipline, both in form and discourse. We encourage students to express themselves in their own specific style, whilst adopting an investigative and reflective approach towards their profession. Taking up a critical position empowers students to conduct their creative practices with the necessary confidence and accountability.

The programme in Creative Jewellery Design and Metal Techniques evolves continuously, whilst preserving the core design methodology of critical thinking, theory, practice and exploration. Both traditional and emerging technologies are integrated into the curriculum. The course guides students to identify their particular strengths and nurtures individual design interests, sensibilities and skills. Solid grounding in design principles and visual language skills, paired with mastery of a range of techniques, enables students to confidently push their boundaries, whilst remaining aware of the consequences of their creative output.

the COURSE

JEWELLERY DESIGN AND METAL TECHNIQUES

what is JEWELLERY DESIGN?

Stellenbosch University / Jewellery Design and Metal Techniques

The course in Creative Jewellery Design and Metal Techniques prepares our graduates to work in almost any field imaginable. Many of our graduates find themselves in established professions, such as jewellery design and sales, the retail jewellery industry, academia or teaching, whilst others work as professional jewellery artists. Some graduates choose to refine their particular undergraduate interests by furthering their expertise through postgraduate studies, both nationally and internationally.

Our graduates contribute to the jewellery industry across a broad spectrum, making an impact on, showcasing and shaping the unique South African jewellery design tradition through their versatile, creative and entrepreneurial skills.

career OPPORTUNITIESDit is nie ongewoon vir

ons graduandi om hul eie werkwinkels/ateljees te open

nie, terwyl ander by beroemde juweliers soos Jack Friedman,

Shimansky en Charles Greig as ontwerpers gaan werk.

Kuqhelekile ukuba izithwala-zidanga zethu zizivulele

iindawo zazo zokusebenzela / izityudiyo zokuyila, ekubeni

ezinye zisebenza njengabayili babarhwebi ngezihombiso

ezinamatye anqabileyo abanje ngoJack Friedman, Shimnansky

noCharles Greig.

In second year the subjects for this intermediate level of the course in Creative Jewellery Design and Metal Techniques are: Jewellery Design, Metal Techniques, Production Techniques, Drawing, Visual Studies, Philosophy of Culture and Gemmology. The aim of Gemmology is to help students acquire a holistic knowledge of cut and uncut gemstones, so as to facilitate their correct identification, use, handling and evaluation in jewellery.

During the first year, students are introduced to fundamental art and design concepts and practices, such as the basic principles and techniques of drawing, printmaking, design and metal manipulation. A BA elective (English Studies, Afrikaans-Dutch, Philosophy, History or Classical Studies), together with the major theoretical subject in this programme, Visual Studies, introduce critical concepts, whilst simultaneously broadening the social, cultural and visual fields of students.

In third year, students continue with the subjects of Visual Studies, Jewellery Design, Metal Techniques and Production Techniques. At this advanced level, students are encouraged to integrate their knowledge and experience gained in each of these subjects. Additional supportive subjects, such as photography and Computer-Aided Design/Manufacture (CAD/CAM), enable students to broaden their skills.

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2.Subjects in the final and fourth year of the course are: Jewellery Design, Metal Techniques (includes work in Platinum), Production Techniques (includes work in Platinum), CAD/CAM and Theory of Art. At this level, the course culminates in self-reflexive integration of theory and practice in its various forms. Through an expanded self-motivated body of work, students respond to a theme, concept, idea and/or problem of their choice by positioning themselves within an appropriate theoretical framework in relation to their practical work within the scope of a research article.

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what will you LEARN?

Our approach to jewellery is to tackle conceptual and practical challenges hands-on, hearts-on and minds-on. There are no shortcuts or ready-made solutions to convincing works. Students learn to embrace an intensive design process: in-depth research, exploration and experimentation. This immersive and personal approach helps students to think in terms of concepts and to take a critical approach to content. It also teaches them to give form to ideas, developing their own visual language in the process, and to take responsibility for their chosen points of departure.

Through trial and error, and constant critical reflection, paired with guidance and advice from staff, students thus mature into creative jewellers.

Our course offers extensive opportunities to investigate the various avenues of expression available to jewellers, including the meaning and potential of a range of different media. The course also ensures know-how in terms of commercial design and production methods.

Students usually work on their projects individually, but group discussions and formal presentations form an integral part of the course. These discussions and presentations develop confidence and professional communication and appearance, help to motivate design decisions and allow students to engage in constructive debate and dialogue.

Ons vestig ’n omvattende stel visuele, konseptuele en tegniese vermoëns wat ’n kerngrondslag vir skeppende juweelontwerp en metaaltegnieke daarstel. Ons praktykgeleide benadering van die metier laat studente toe om ’n breë stel oordraagbare vaardighede te verwerf, waaronder kritiese denke, kreatiewe probleemoplossing, visuele, kulturele en sosiale geletterdheid, innovasie en eksperimentering.

Jewellery DesignDesign drawing • Model building

Production DesignBasic techniques • Cold joints

Chasing & repoussé • Tool making Texture rolling & printing

Etching • Smithing • Inlay/onlay Mokume-gane • Resin casting Enamelling • Lost wax casting

Die forming • GranulationHot & cold moulds • Fold forming

Image transfer onto metal Platinum manipulation

Metal TechniquesCatches & clasps • Hinges & joints

Pins • Studs & hooks Stone setting • Pearl stringing

DrawingObject drawing

Perspective drawing Jewellery rendering

PhotographyStudio photography of jewellery

Digital image manipulation

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)Rhino 3 • Flamingo • Techgems 4

Computer-Aided Manufac-turing (CAM)

GemmologyCrystallography • Physical, optical &

chemical properties of gemstones Origin & synthesis of gemstones

Positive, non-destructive identification of gemstones in a laboratory

Evaluation & care of gemstones

Visual StudiesIdentity construction &

representationRace • Gender • Nationality

Ethnicity • Society Ideological institutions

Philosophy of Art Philosophy of Culture

Theory of ArtIntersection between

theory and praxis Contemporary discourses

and theories

YEARS OF STUDY

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Visual Studies is a BA subject provided by the Department of Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University.Visuele Studies is ‘n BA vak wat by die departement van Visuele Kunste op Stellenbosch Universiteit aangebied word.IziFundo zobuGcisa beZandla (isiFundo se-BA) ISebe lobuGcisa beZandla, kwiYunivesiti yaseStellenbosch

VISUAL STUDIES

Visual Studies courses tend to adopt an overarching critical focus such as Marxist, post-colonialist or gender theory under which umbrella popular cultural (film, advertising, photography, social media) or so-called high art images may be explored.

The highly popular undergraduate offering poses questions that resonate with student’s experience of their complex life-world:

» How does rapidly changing technology impact human identity?

» How is our embodiment as raced, sexed and gendered persons negotiated by the visual?

» How do inherited cultural and political persuasions encode meaning in visual images?

» How can images subvert dominant western ideologies?

the COURSEVisuele Studies sal jou help om die wêreld as ʼn visuele

domein te interpreteer en sal jou toerus om die

komplekse tale van visuele kultuur, wat grondliggend

is aan aktiewe en betrokke burgerskap in die 21ste

eeu, te bemeester.

what is VISUAL STUDIES?Visual Studies is a relatively new discipline that brings critical theories from a wide array of fields including Art History, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies and Philosophy to bear on a host of visual objects. The interdisciplinary nature of the programme allows one to analyse objects originating from a variety of contexts such as fine arts, mass media, film, corporate communication, visual communication design, and architecture.

In a world increasingly mediated by the visual, to understand the production, circulation and reading thereof is essential. Visual Studies will help you to interpret the world as a visual domain and equip you to master the complex languages of visual culture that are fundamental to being an active and engaged citizen of the 21st century.

Dit is ʼn relatief nuwe dissipline waarin

kritiese teorieë vanuit ʼn verskeidenheid gebiede,

soos kunsgeskiedenis, mediastudies, sosio- logie, kultuurstudies,

filosofie, en so meer op visuele voorwerpe

toegepas word.

Ngumngxilo wezifundo ezintsha kakhulu odib-

anisa iithiyori zengqiqo ezivela kwiindima

zophandonzulu ezahl-ukeneyo eziquka iMbali

yobuGcisa, iziFundo zoS-asazo, iziFundo zeNtlalo,

iziFundo zeNkcubeko, iFilosofi, njalo njalo

zingqina ukuba nezinto ezidibanisa nobu-

gcisa bezandla.

Stellenbosch University / Visual Studies

Any student admitted to Stellenbosch University can register for Visual Studies. You do not need to have taken art at school and the course comprises only theoretical work (no practical art classes).

Visual Studies offers a comprehensive post-graduate programme all the way through to doctoral level. Our intensive year-long Honours course attracts students who are interested in pursuing careers in the arts sector as publishers, curators, art critics, journalists and media specialists. As part of the yearly programme we offer special curricula themed around: photography and self-representation, subjectivity, art criticism and curatorship.

The people offering Visual Studies are experienced art historians, media theorists and cultural commentators. They have extensive know-how in terms of the visual sphere and are deeply invested in producing content that is locally relevant but in touch with international trends.

For more information, please visit the website of the Department of Visual Arts: http://www.sun.ac.za/visualarts

the LECTURERS

entry REQUIREMENTS

on a POST-GRADUATE LEVEL

Enige student wat by die Universiteit Stellenbosch

ingeskryf is, kan vir Visuele Studies registreer.

Visuele Studies bied ʼn omvattende nagraadse

program tot by doktorale vlak. Ons intensiewe jaar

lange honneurskursus lok studente wat

belangstel in loopbane in die kunssektor as uitgewers, kurators,

kunsresensente, joernaliste en mediaspesialiste.

Die dosente wat Visuele Studies aanbied, is ervare

kunsgeskiedkundiges, mediateoretici en kulturele

kommentators.

THAAKIERAH ABDUL | JENNA ANTROBUS | CHRISTINE BESTER | EMMA BURGER | JADE CLELLAND

JASMINE DUNTON | ANJA DU PLESSIS | MEAGAN JONES | MEGAN KRUGER | RAYKE LOFTIE-EATON | SILVIE VAN ONSELEN

SHELLY PRYDE | EMMA SCHILPEROORT | SALLY TORR | SIMEON WILLEMSE | JANEKE ZANDBERG