Course summary

The sculpture course is a structured programme of study, taught in well equiped studios by staff who are professional artists with ongoing national and international exhibition-profiles. Classes are taught through practical hands-on sessions. First year students learn to work in metal - casting bronze and iron - modelling, welding, working in stone and wood in dedicated workshops with small group sizes learning through practical experience in a safe inclusive environment. In the second and third year individual approaches are supported by lecturers whose own practices include: bronze and iron casting, digital sculpture, installation, site-specific art, environmental art, cross-disciplinary art, public art and blacksmithing. All students embrace the expansive field of contemporary sculpture to enable specialisation and to address individual preferences, and engage with the possibility of working across boundaries and technologies to pursue personal interests and skills. Dialogue is encouraged between departments, offering opportunities for collaboration and exciting interaction.