3.S06 Casting a Tradition

August 31, 2019

A new, metalworking class will be offered Fall 2019, Spring 2020 and Fall 2020. 3.S06: Casting a Tradition.

Tradition runs deep at MIT. From hacking to Pi Day, students welcome the opportunity to add their individual contribution to the line of collective tradition. In this special subject course, students will work to create an interactive metal sculpture that embraces another tradition at MIT, the “brass rat” class ring. This life-size, cast bronze beaver sculpture will be entirely realized by MIT undergraduates within MIT laboratories. The course will provide a cross-disciplinary approach to sculpture that will include art history, metallurgy, and mechanical engineering. From schematic rendering to metal casting, fabrication, polishing and patination, (and the many steps in between), students in this class will learn through hands-on experience how a cast sculpture comes to fruition as well as how much applied materials science knowledge is involved in art-making.

3.S06 is funded by the MIT Alumni Class Funds.

3.S06 is a HASS-A, 1-6-2, limited enrollment class. Please contact Tara Fadenrecht tfade<at>mit.edu for more information.