ART 244: Ceramics Studio Wheelthrowing (3 credits)

Catalog Description

Development of wheelthrowing techniques, vessel and structural concepts, and surface treatment and glazing. Repeatable up to 6 credits, 6 credits applicable toward A.A. degree. (2 hrs. lect.; 4 hrs. studio.)

Prerequisite: Credit for ART 105C, or consent of instructor.

Recommended Preparation: ART 101, ART 105B, ART 116.

NOTE: Art Majors: ART 243 and ART 244 must both be taken to receive equivalency at UHM as ART 242, Introduction to Ceramics.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate through completed projects, a basic proficiency in wheel throwing techniques.
• Demonstrate an understanding of color and color theory through the use of various decorated techniques: slips, oxides, engobes, stains, and glazes.
• Demonstrate an understanding of clay bodies, oxidation and reduction firing, and of the basic chemical compositions of glazes.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the visual elements and the design principles while creating ceramic vessels and sculptural forms.
• Demonstrate innovative and inventive problem solving, through creative decision-making and insightful articulation of finished ceramics vessels and sculptural forms.
• Demonstrate an ability to generate creative ideas through three-dimensional visualization techniques.
• Demonstrate an understanding of drawing as a tool for conceptualization and documentation of personal imagery and technical investigation of the ceramic process.
• Demonstrate an understanding of historic and contemporary examples of wheel made ceramics.
• Demonstrate an ability to articulate the concepts and intent of a finished ceramic object.

Degrees and Certificates at WCC the Course Applies To

• WCC Associate in Arts: DA

Pathfinder to resources on:

• Ceramics

Current Syllabus

• Fall 2008 taught by Paul Nash

Past Syllabi

• Fall 2007 taught by Paul Nash