This module enables students to identify the composition of a number of clays and glazes, to make and use common glazes, and to develop glazes for particular purposes. This module provides students with the skills required to produce different effects on the surface of ceramic ware. This module enables students to put ceramics into historical perspective and to establish a connection between skills, knowledge, beliefs, and practices of contemporary ceramicists and those of other eras. This module also enables students to determine the nature and content of the local and wider ceramic industries. This module expands the skills and techniques developed in the first year.
Emphasis is placed on application of knowledge to ceramic forms.
This module introduces high skill development in repetition throwing and individual expression. This module develops skills in mould making and manufacturing. This module introduces students to glaze chemistry. Emphasis is placed on the development of personal glaze 'palette'. This module introduces students to kiln construction design and firing.