Furniture Design
- HER-Q 241 Beginning Furniture Design I (3 cr.) This course introduces the making of fine art furniture. Course introduces wood as an art material and safe handling of woodworking tools. Basic joinery, forming, shaping, and finishing techniques are covered, along with working from drawings and models. Works created in this course include utilitarian and non-functional forms.
- HER-Q 242 Furniture Design II (3 cr.) Course develops students' artistic voices through the art of furniture or furniture-like sculpture. Wood and woodworking are supported as options for medium, or other materials that support a student's artistic vision.
- HER-Q 341 Furniture Design III (3 cr.)
Intermediate furniture design concentrates on furniture as an art form as well its applications to everyday use by considering both formal and conceptual concerns, and historical and contemporary artists in the field. Advanced construction techniques and moving parts are taught. Alternative materials are encouraged.
- HER-Q 342 Furniture Design IV (3 cr.)
This course is an introduction to advanced ideas, techniques, and craft of designing furniture. We will study the practice of the individual designer/maker and the field of contemporary studio art furniture. This course cultivates advanced understanding of the versatile material of wood and other materials for furniture and object making.
