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The course provides an opportunity for a programme of self-directed work in the studio discipline of each graduating student. Students engage in a quasi-project of their choice defined in a formal proposal to be appraised by a constituted body and approved. Display of work-in-progress by weekly shall be critiqued by peers and the lecturers in the studio discipline. A work of promise will be passed for further improvement preparatory to a public display. Assessment of students will be based on individual input to his/her work. Where the lecturers are not satisfied with the degree and quality of the student’s work, the student shall be assigned another project of reasonable scope upon which his/her ability can be further judged. FAA 452 Studio Project Report/Exhibition Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, students should be able to: A project work of art for display on a chosen site in any of the Fine Art and Design specialist areas under the guidance of a supervisor. The student is expected to submit an essay on such work of between 1,500-3,000 words, including bibliographic references or works cited. Pertinent to the documentation include stating a particular problem the design addresses, the design concept and mode of execution, choice of form, and antecedents in history. 300 LEVEL SCULPTURE

The fabric and woven structures constitute core aspects of the course. Weaved patterns through time, identification, and application of looms to tapestry, macramé, knitting, and rug production will constitute studio assignments, some of which shall emanate from computer application to pattern drafting to use software packages develop patterns arising from freehand sketches. Also, students are expected to identify non-woven (man-made) fabrics, production processes, and their application for personal, commercial, and industrial uses.

A practical exposure of different varieties of cloth construction to students. Designs and related technical terminologies such as warp, weft, ends, picks, weave, design, repeat of design draft, peg plan and denting plan. Woven structure; plain, twill, sateen and satin and their derivatives. Preparatory processes – winding, warping, sizing, drawing in principles and objectives of sizing, sizing materials. Recipes and methods of size preparation. Looming, faults and wastes in warp tying and drawing in process. Classifications of weaving machines. Practical introduction to shedding, beating up, take - up and let - off mechanisms. Weaves and their drafts. Introduction to graph paper drafting for patterns.

Continuation of Weaving Techniques I. Deformation of warp and tension in shedding, calculation of shaft movement. Picking and checking – picking mechanisms, principles of checking wells design and its influence. Selvedge mechanisms and selvage formation. Interplay of colour and weave designs (drafts and lifting plans) shown in graph paper designs