CERAMICS SYLLABUS

IN THIS CLASS WE WILL EXPLORE THE ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART AND HOW THEY APPLY TO THREE DIMENSIONAL ART.


STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE THREE MAJOR BUILDING TECHNIQUES: PINCH POTS, SLABS AND COILS AS WELL AS BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE TOOLS AND TERMINOLOGY INVOLVED IN THE MEDIUM OF CLAY. STUDENTS WILL BUILD THREE PIECES FOR EACH PROJECT AND CHOOSE THE ONE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE GRADED ON.


VARIOUS PROJECTS WILL ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO EXPLORE THEIR OWN INTERESTS WHILE MEETING THE CRITERIA OF THE GIVEN ASSIGNMENT. WE WILL EXPLORE PORTRAITURE AS WELL AS A GROUP PROJECT.


STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO THROW ON THE WHEEL AND CREATE SIMPLE VESSELS.


THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE QUIZ AS WELL AS WRITTEN COMPONENTS TO EACH ASSIGNMENT.


THERE WILL BE AN EMPHASIS ON PROCESS, IN WHICH STUDENTS WILL BEGIN BY SKETCHING AN IDEA AS A FOUNDATION IN WHICH TO BUILD THEIR PIECE. COMPLETED STREUCTURE AND GLAZE USE WILL BE DOCUMENTED AS REFERENCE TOWARDS FUTURE PROJECTS.


GRADING

70% CLASS PROJECTS

10% QUIZES AND WRITTEN PROJECTS

20% FINAL PROJECT