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.
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Semester/Project Outline:
Digital Photographic Documentation
Social Media Journal-
-Please post a picture once a week (due Tuesdays)
of what you're working on.
-Please write a sentence or two about what you’re doing….
-Tag me (@sandburgartdepart)...
...and using the hashtag #madeatsandburg
-Also tag the school, the principal, the superintendant, and local newspapers, the mayor, state art groups.....ummmm everyone! (@SandburgHS, @jltyrrell8, @D230_Supt, @OPPrairie, @OrlandParkPatch, @VillageOrlandPk, @OPArtsAlliance, )
Video Demonstrations: part 1 part 2
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Unit 1:
Tea Set Project:
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Unit 3:
Students will design a Tea Set with multiple, cohesive parts.
Students will build their Tea Set from their plan using any and multiple methods of construction best determined for their project.
A teapot, two cups, and a tray.
...watch the Whichford Pottery gang...
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Amy Konaszewski, "Heart Fountain"
-Independent Study
Artist Bio's-
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Steven Hill- vid1, vid2, vid3, vid4,
Ayumi Horie- vid1, vid2, vid3, vid4, vid5
Dick Lehman- vid1, vid2, vid3,
Lorna Meaden- vid1, vid2, vid3, vid4,
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Justin Rothshank- vid1, vid2, vid3,
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Brett Kern- vid1, vid2,
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