Advanced Ceramics

Course Description: 

The course is divided into two major areas:

   1.)Hand-building; and

   2.)throwing on the potter’s wheel. 

Hand-building includes the basic techniques necessary for the construction of pinch pot, coil pot, press mold pot, etc.; including a variety of decorative effects. 

Throwing on the potter’s wheel includes both utilitarian forms, such as bowls, vases, teapots, etc., as well as sculptural forms. 

Various glazing techniques are presented to the student as a means of finishing and decorating ceramic forms. 

Craftsmanship, design quality, and sound construction, along with a familiarity of the tools and terminology is the central focus of the course. 

Course/State Objections and Descriptions:

This Course is designed to provide a fundamental experience in ceramic design and provide an outlet for expression.  A knowledge of three-dimensional design is important in the making of ceramic forms because it allows us to intensify our powers of perception (i.e., the visual and facile sense).  Ceramics provides the student with a chance to invent and express original ideas through a highly tactile medium.  Backed with historical to present day artists, the student is assured uniqueness by imposing his or her own order to the material.  Our principle target is creative, conceptual problem-solving, achieved through an awareness and facility and knowledge of design. 

Semester/Project Outline: 

-Elements & Principles

...watch the Whichford Pottery gang...

Amy Konaszewski, "Heart Fountain"

                 -Independent Study