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Apr 25, 2024
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ART 173 - Ceramics
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 30
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course will introduce the basic methods of designing, forming, glazing, and firing clay. The student will develop knowledge of good design as it relates to both function and expression. Using the techniques of coil, slab, pinch, and wheel, students will achieve an understanding of the historic and cultural significance of this art form. Required participation in the college art show or equivalent introduces students to proper presentation methods. No prior artistic experience required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: Course Materials: $100.00
Common Course Assessment(s): Participation in college art show is required.
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
- Demonstrate knowledge of good ceramic design relating to both function and expression.
- Incorporate the awareness of historical sculptural considerations into personal solutions.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan, build, dry, glaze, and fire ceramic designs using coil, slab, pinch, and thrown techniques.
- Identify knowledge of the vocabulary of ceramic art and techniques of ceramic productions through the creation of works using various techniques.
Course Objectives:
- Learn studio/safety procedures.
- Hand-building: successfully build functional pinch pots and wafer pots.
- Hand-building: successfully build functional coil pot to specific dimensions.
- Hand-building: successfully build functional and/or sculptural works using slab construction.
- Hand-building: utilize methods of slump and molds as a tool for construction.
- Introduction to wheel-throwing: throw one structurally sound piece on the pottery wheel.
- Participation in college art show is required.
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