ARTT-152 Ceramics II

Students will continue to explore handbuilding techniques and clay as an expressive medium. There will also be an opportunity for a limited number of interested students to work on the potter's wheel. Students in this course will have more freedom to identify and pursue their own areas of interest.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ARTT-151

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Apply the principles of aesthetics and effective design to hand built and/or wheel thrown forms.
2. 2. Distinguish and evaluate personal strengths displayed in series works.
3. 3. Control the flexible nature of clay.
4. 4. Design, produce and glaze a series of specific forms of personal interest.
5. 5. Demonstrate increased competency in the production of works in clay and with glazing procedures.
   
6. 6. Employ the concept of working in multiples.
   
7. 7. Display an original body of work which demonstrates originality and technical competency.
8. 8. Throw or handbuild forms of greater size and complexity.
9. 9. Load, stack and set into preheat the electric kiln for bisque and glaze firing.
   
10. 10. Unload and record results of glaze firing.
11. 11. Mix, liquify and sieve a dry mix batch glaze for studio use.
12. 12. Apply the concept of constructive criticism as an evaluation tool for student work.
13. 13. Present for group critique a body of work indicative of the semester's course work.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Apply the principles of aesthetics and effective design to hand built and/or wheel thrown forms.
2. 2. Distinguish and evaluate personal strengths displayed in series works.
3. 3. Control the flexible nature of clay.
4. 4. Design, produce and glaze a series of specific forms of personal interest.
5. 5. Demonstrate increased competency in the production of works in clay and with glazing procedures.
   
6. 6. Employ the concept of working in multiples.
   
7. 7. Display an original body of work which demonstrates originality and technical competency.
8. 8. Throw or handbuild forms of greater size and complexity.
9. 9. Load, stack and set into preheat the electric kiln for bisque and glaze firing.
   
10. 10. Unload and record results of glaze firing.
11. 11. Mix, liquify and sieve a dry mix batch glaze for studio use.
12. 12. Apply the concept of constructive criticism as an evaluation tool for student work.
13. 13. Present for group critique a body of work indicative of the semester's course work.