BA (Hons) Artist Blacksmithing (in association with Herefordshire College of Art)

You will be immersed in conversations about thinking and making and explore the relationship between your creative intention and the process of making alongside superb technical instruction.
Another key feature of the course is its focus on the development of your professional and entrepreneurial skills that will ensure the viability and sustainability of your future practice.
Year One - Level 4: Investigative, Experimental and Analytical
The course, which is primarily project based, encourages creative thinking and experimentation. In year one, particular emphasis is placed upon the development of appropriate drawing, design, materials manipulation and specialist blacksmithing skills. Learners are introduced to the importance of a reflective, analytical and evaluative approach through personal practical and visual research supported by learning journals.
Studio activity is underpinned by seminars and lectures in which issues of a broader cultural and contextual nature are explored.
Year Two - Level 5: Establishing Practice
Building upon the understandings and experiences of the first year, students will be encouraged to develop a creative risk taking approach underpinned by thorough research and an independent analytical process allowing them to make informed choices that determine the direction of their individual creative practice.