Mar 28, 2024  
2023-2024 College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 College Catalog

ART 261 - Ceramics III

3 Credits, 5 Contact Hours
2 lecture periods 3 lab periods

Continuation of ART 260 . Includes intermediate and advanced handbuilding techniques and methods of fabrication, wheel throwing and trimming, projects involving formal elements, intermediate and advanced ceramic techniques, reduction firing, raku firing, plaster casting mold, ceramic artist research, and discussion and exploration topics.

Prerequisite(s): ART 260  
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Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Demonstrate closer attention on creative skills and the refinement of handbuilding techniques and other methods of fabrication at the intermediate and advanced levels.
  2. Review and refine wheel throwing and trimming techniques.
  3. Complete several projects that involve a more in-depth analysis of the elements of scale, texture, form, and functionality.
  4. Produce ceramic art using intermediate and advanced techniques.
  5. Demonstrate the practice and application of chemical change through cone 10 reduction firing.
  6. Produce a raku fire piece using specified glazing and cooling reduction techniques and processes.
  7. Create and fire a casting mold and a cast by using clay casting slips.
  8. Research, write, and present information on an individual ceramic artist.
  9. Discuss various topics related to the design, aesthetics, and history of ceramic art.

Outline:
  1. Intermediate and Advanced Handbuilding Techniques and Methods of Fabrication
    1. Pinch
    2. Coil
    3. Slab
  2. Wheel Throwing and Trimming
  3. Projects Involving Formal Elements
    1. Scale
    2. Texture
    3. Form
    4. Functionality
  4. Intermediate and Advanced Ceramic Techniques
  1. Glazing
  1. Chemical change in oxidation
  2. Chemical change in reduction
  1. Firing temperatures

V.    Cone 10 Reduction Firing

  1. Oxidation
  2. Reduction

VI.    Raku Firing

VII.   Plaster Casting Mold

VIII.  Ceramic Artist Research

 

IX.    Ceramic Discussion/Exploration Topics

  1. Design
  2. Aesthetics
  3. History of ceramic art


Effective Term:
Full Academic Year 2018/2019