TEACHING UNIT 1. INTERPRETING ARTISANAL IRONWORK PROJECTS.
Formal Characteristics of Hand-Forged Metalwork.
– Physical properties of metals: density, toughness, malleability, ductility, fusibility, elasticity, expansibility, plasticity, weldability, forgeability, brittleness, and hardness.
– Mechanical testing of metals: tensile, compression, and impact testing.
– Mechanical treatments: forging, rolling, drawing, and stamping.
– Heat treatments: hardening, annealing, and tempering.
Functional aspects and constraints of artisanal wrought ironwork.
– Organization of artistic space: grid composition, mathematical and organic patterns, sequences, articulations, variations, and fundamental divisions.
– Use of metal in the applied arts.
Typology and historical styles of handcrafted forged metalwork: bibliographic and iconographic sources.
– Types of handcrafted forged metalwork: grilles, ornamentation, furniture, and accessories.
– Metalwork in prehistory.
– Metalwork in Egypt, Assyria, and Persia.
– Development of metalwork in Greece and Rome.
– Ironwork on the Iberian Peninsula during antiquity.
– Medieval metalwork: ironwork in Visigothic Spain and in Arab Spain. The use of iron among the Mozarabs and in Christian regions (10th and 11th centuries).
– Romanesque ironwork.
– Gothic ironwork.
– Renaissance ironwork: Renaissance ironwork.
– Baroque ironwork: Baroque ironwork.
– Blacksmithing in the Neoclassical period.
– Blacksmithing in the 19th and 20th centuries. Modernist and contemporary ironwork.
– New concepts of production and industrialization.
– Iconography.
– Bibliographic sources.
Methodology for interpreting projects: factor analysis and decision-making.
TEACHING UNIT 2. GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO THE DESIGN OF HANDCRAFTED WROUGHT IRON WORKS.
Graphic representation systems:
– Types.
– Characteristics.
Sketching and draft drawing techniques.
Standardized representation systems: Drawing up plans.
Computer-aided graphic techniques applied to the creation of graphic material: hardware and software.
Manual graphic illustration techniques: techniques and media.
Techniques and procedures for creating templates:
– Materials.
– Media.
TEACHING UNIT 3. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HANDCRAFTED FORGED WORKS.
Iron-based materials: physical and structural characteristics.
– Steel.
– Other iron-based materials.
Types of iron-based materials: characteristics and applications in artisanal forging.
– Types of steel and their most common applications in a forging workshop.
– Other iron-based materials and their applications.
Standardized commercial forms of ferrous materials: sheets, sections, tubes, and bars.
– Industrial sections and profiles made of iron and special materials.
– Their fabrication, use, maintenance, and storage in the workshop.
Fuels: characteristics, storage systems, and supply of gases and coal.
– Coal.
– Gases: oxygen, acetylene, argon, propane, and butane.
Electricity: workshop requirements and conditions.
TRAINING UNIT 2. DRAFTING THE WORKPIECE MANUFACTURING PLAN AND ITS BUDGET FOR ARTISANAL FORGING PROJECTS
TEACHING UNIT 1. TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING PRODUCTION PLANS FOR ARTISANAL FORGING PROJECTS.
Specific characteristics of artisanal blacksmithing projects:
– Identification of materials: metal and industrial profiles.
– Selection of the fabrication technique.
Criteria for selecting materials, techniques, and procedures: forecasting requirements.
Criteria for selecting energy sources and fuels: forecasting and requirements.
Estimation of project completion times: phases and schedules.
Computer tools for preparing production plans for handcrafted wrought ironwork.
– Software for information retrieval.
– Word processors.
– 3D design software.
Occupational and environmental risk prevention regulations applicable to the production of handcrafted wrought iron works: development of risk prevention plans.
– Environmental impact of the metal industry. Pollutants it generates.
– Waste disposal and reuse.
– Preventive systems.
– Handling of toxic materials and substances.
Quality, occupational, and environmental risks associated with techniques and procedures for developing production plans for handcrafted wrought iron works: preventive measures.
TEACHING UNIT 2. TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING COST ESTIMATES FOR HANDCRAFTED FORGED METAL WORKS.
Sources of information for preparing cost estimates for handcrafted forged metal works.
– Bibliography.
– Material catalogs and updated price lists.
– Internet.
– Other cost estimates.
Techniques for economic valuation of handcrafted wrought iron projects.
– Cost-based evaluation.
– Market price method.
– Adjusted economic price method.
– Comparable property method.
Computer tools for preparing estimates:
– Spreadsheets.
– Others.
Legal regulations applicable to estimates for handcrafted wrought iron work.
– Social costs.
– Taxes.
