State vocational school for wood carvers (Bischofsheim in der Rhön)

state vocational school for wood sculptors
type of school	State vocational school
founding	1852
address	Kreuzbergstrasse 12 ; 97653 Bischofsheim / Rhön
place	Bischofsheim in the Rhön
country	Bavaria
Country	Germany
Coordinates	50 ° 24 '5 " N , 10 ° 0' 14" E Coordinates: 50 ° 24 '5 " N , 10 ° 0' 14" E
carrier	District of Rhön-Grabfeld
management	Rudolf Schwarzer
Website	www.skulpturenschule-bischofsheim.de ; www.holzschnitzschule.de

The state vocational school for wood sculptors in Bischofsheim in the Rhön is a state-recognized vocational school . It is located at the foot of the Kreuzberg in the Rhön and is Lower Franconia's smallest vocational school.

history

Founded in 1852 as a wood carving school by the Central Polytechnic Association in Würzburg , the institution then served to anchor the commercially oriented craft of carving as an economic extra income in the Rhön farmers' world. The Lower Franconia district's school was closed in 1969 due to the drop in student numbers. Re-established in the autumn of 1973 by the Rhön-Grabfeld district based in Bad Neustadt / Saale, the then rector Philipp Mendler created the basis for a fully functional school that was also able to take account of artistic development. A considerable number of artists in the catchment area of the teaching of Professor Hans Wimmer , the former professor of sculpture at the Nuremberg Art Academy , could be brought to Bischofsheim through Mendler's contacts. Since then, the basic artistic teaching in the field of sculptural work has been closely interlinked with the necessary attention to the technology of wood. The associated daily confrontation with nature and the reality of art, material dialogue and self-assertion of the design motifs suits today's student type at this school very much. Schoolchildren started as trainees in order to take on the challenges of their teachers in all-day full-time lessons over a period of three years. At the end of this time, the performance level of the young wood sculptors is shown through an in-house final examination, including a thesis.

concept

The concept was developed with a view to the requirements of a modern curriculum. This means:

Find and use display options for wood.
Transform and apply motifs and content into the characteristics typical of wood.

Using the means of sculpture, erect structures in wood that are appropriate to form and material.

Taking up the challenges of artistic creation in order to experience the rhythmic dialectic of spirit and material that occurs, so that the students feel an attitude they have found for themselves as part of the joy of life in the professional realization of a sculptor.

Guidelines

The FSO also works outdoors

It depends on,

To closely interlink the basic artistic theory with the necessary attention to the technology of wood and the associated technical application, understood in the work result by the student.
In everyday school life, it means for a student, a teacher, to take up the confrontation with regard to a natural specification with the search for an artistic reality. These two components are perceived and implemented in a work in visual language.
Material dialogue and self-assertion aim at increasing the student's competence, leading to the appointment of a sculptor

Training goals

According to Art. 13 of the Bavarian Law on Education and Instruction (BayEUG), the vocational school is a school which, without requiring vocational training, serves to prepare for a job or vocational training and promotes general education. The apprenticeship period at the Bavarian wood carving schools lasts three years with full-time lessons all week. Basic knowledge of the German language, both spoken and written, is part of any professional training. The networking of general educational subjects such as German and social studies with the offers of specialist teaching is supported by modern data processing. A stylistic observation of works of architecture and sculpture enables a history-conscious orientation. The drawing of fonts complements the basic theory for a three-dimensional design. Real forms of objects should be represented and read in an explainable manner using construction drawings. This gives the students access to value-conscious design.

In addition to acquiring a technician in the use of sculpting tools, the students learn knowledge, skills and abilities to enter into a dialogue with form and material.

In the case of individual project work, learning areas are touched on, which make the goals for their own actions understandable for the students. This requires consultation within the school staff. This intention is illustrated using the example of an annual plan:

Annual planning of the 11th grade (2nd grade)

Sculpture work

Making models for sculpting work
Discuss installation options for master work and plan their implementation
Integration of the fundamentals of statics, the calculation of areas and the consideration of shrinkage dimensions.
Volume calculations
Help with chainsaw technology
Design of puppet or marionette heads as own designs (also artistic deepening).

Design and modeling

From bozetto to small sculpture - create models for wooden sculptures. Consideration of the theory of proportions. Carry out scaffolding according to the bending plan
Drapery as an "echo" of the body behind it

Making copies

Use of different measuring systems (measuring ranges, puncturing device ) when working according to the model

Copy sculptures

Molding

Calculation of the loads of clay on the scaffolding
Molding of several parts (portrait)
Silicone casting
Plaster retouching

Freehand drawing

Area drawing (roof landscapes)
Skeletal Anatomy Studies
Creation of constructive sculptural drawings
Drapery Studies

font

Antiqua run in wood
Design of writing steles

Art history

The students discover style developments of the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo. They understand their background and associate the knowledge gained with questions about shapes and their theories.

The students find out about structures that have evolved over the years, primarily sculpture, but also architecture and painting. They reflect their uses in outdoor and indoor areas, taking into account their occurrence in areas where they spread as well as important styles.

They discover different styles through work and image analyzes and classify them chronologically and geographically.

You develop a general understanding of the artistic development of the course of time and take into account the embedding of the client for artisans and artists. The students see their work in the context of art history.

Get to know important sculptors, painters and builders
Integration of literature and internet research
Getting to know drawing materials for style representations

Publicity activities

Scenic situation on the Reuthberg near Mellrichstadt

1867 World Exhibition in Paris
1882 Large bronze medal
1884 silver medal at the Bayerische Landes-Industrie-Gewerbe- u. Art exhibition in Nuremberg
1937 World Exhibition in Paris
1939 Reich vocational competition in Nuremberg
1956 national winner in the craft trade competition
1973 Stadtische Sparkasse Schweinfurt
1977 Bavarian state representation in Bonn
1981 Government of Lower Franconia in Würzburg
1983 Bavarian state representation in Bonn
1991 International Crafts Fair Munich - Bavarian State Prize (gold medal)
1991 Würzburg hospitals, Völk Würzburg fashion house, Hammelburg city
1992 5th Bavarian Vocational Training Congress in Nuremberg
1993 Region in action in Tann / Rhön, Würzburg hospitals
1994 Transport Museum in Gemünden / Main
1995 Main train station in Fulda, Sparkasse Tauberbischofsheim
1996 Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art in Munich
1997 Bavarian representation to the European Union in Brussels
1998 exhibits for the art exhibition of the municipal savings bank in Würzburg
1999 themed exhibition "Joy of Life" in the cloister of the Würzburg Cathedral
2001 Herrmann private commercial school in Fulda (permanent loan), exhibition in the Hochspeyer town hall near Kaiserslautern
2002 sculpture path for the city of Bischofsheim
2007 Design of art stations for the song of the sun of St. Francis
2008 Oberelsbach Biosphere Reserve: Management Center
2009 Bad Kissinger art stations
2010 vocational training fair in Nuremberg
2010 Gallery in the hall, Oberschwappach, loan of work pieces
2010 Installation of a board stele (painted / gilded) in the rooms of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art in Munich
2010/11 field of stelae at the home economics school, Bischofsheim
2011 Field of stelae on the Reuthberg near Mellrichstadt
2013 broadcast of the Bavarian radio about the wood carving school
2015 Project "Sculpture On Tour" through the district

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] ttp://www.gesetze-bayern.de/jportal/portal/page/bsbayprod.psml?showdoccase=1&doc.id=jlr-EUGBY2000V28IVZ

[2] ttp://www.schnitz-stand-ort-rhoen.de/die-stand-orte/bischofsheim/stand-ort-attraktionen/

[3] ttp://www.franziskusweg.de/main_4_0_611_1366_0.html

[4] ttp://www.mainpost.de/regional/rhoengrabfeld/Knorrige-Waechter-am-Reutberg-Das-Stelenfeld-ist-eine-einmalige-Projektarbeit-von-Schuelern-der-Berufsfachschule-fuer-Bildhauerei-in-Bischofsheim ; art777,7738225

[5] ttp://www.br.de/mediathek/video/sendung/frankenschau-aktuell/holz-schule-bischofsheim-100.html#

[6] ttp://www.tvtouring.de/mediathek/ategorie/die-nachrichten/video/skulp-tour-durch-rhoen-grabfeld/