Jack Clarke – Case Study Published

The Association of Colleges has recently published one of our third-year student’s practice, as a case study example of student scholarly activity in a creative art context. When studying artist blacksmithing, there are lots of conversations about where ideas come from. These conversations help shape the practice and the work that students do on the programme. Students are always encouraged to make work, to make practice that has integrity that is based on what touches, moves and inspires them. Sometimes ideas for a body of work may come from process; a student might get very excited about the use of heavy fuller marks on the steel, for example. Sometimes ideas for a body of work come from a particular way the material moves at the forge, like the way it squishes. Sometimes ideas start with a client brief or with a product focus. Sometimes ideas come from theory and throughout the programme we encourage people to develop their practice within the context of understanding relevant theory.

For Jack, his ideas all come from his understanding of material culture and meaning. In the case study, he worked closely with Sarah Jane Crowson, our Scholarship Manager, to articulate how theory underpins his practice.

Click here to learn more https://www.aoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/CS%20-%20HCA%20-%20JackClarke%20-%20final%20161116.pdf