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David Sprecher

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Bio

Education: BFA: 2006, Maryland Institute College of art (MICA), Baltimore MD; MFA: 2016, Northwestern University, Evanston IL. 

Exhibitions: ACRE/Drama Club, Chicago IL; 4Ground Sculpture Biennial, Minneapolis MN; Take Care, Los Angeles CA; Apparatus Projects, Chicago IL; Julius Caesar, Chicago IL; Prairie, Chicago IL; The Dumbo Loft, New York NY. Screenings: Filmfest Dresden, Dresden Germany; New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Sapporo Japan. 

Awards: Prix Ars Electronica, Austria. Commissions: Belwin Conservancy, Minneapolis MN; Natural Resources Defense Council, Chicago IL. 

Published Writing: Columbia Journal, New York, NY; The Brooklyn Rail, New York NY, Chicago Artist Writers, Chicago IL.

Courses

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Description

Patternmaking is at the heart of metalworking, woodworking, fashion, architecture and many other disciplines. Why? Because so many materials are available in sheet form. Students in this course will investigate a range of processes by which flat sheet materials like paper, wood, metal, fabric, vinyl, and plastic can be used to make volumetric, three-dimensional forms. Patternmaking for Sculpture will teach the student digital and analogue methods of designing, cutting, and assembling 3D work. Practical strategies as well as contemporary industrial use and the history of patternmaking will be explored to give each student a range of options for making their own work, whether it be art or design.

Class Number

1813

Credits

3