In this course, students define their individual direction as they investigate more closely the issues that pertain to their work. Through the activity of locating a topic (or topics) of interest, students “exhaust the metaphor” in their work through the development of sound research methods and exploration of various new and traditional sculpture techniques. At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate research skills through written papers and oral presentations. Students will demonstrate, through formal critiques, increased technical skills that are applied to topic(s) of research within a series of sequential sculpture projects. Prerequisite: FAS 2250 Sculpture 1: Sculpture Practicum