Encouragement of personal solutions to assignments. Introduction to low temperature glaze, slip, and clay making, mold making and slip casting. Overview of contemporary ceramic history. Strong direction, self-motivation necessary. Lectures on safety issues, glaze chemistry and contemporary ceramic history.
Student chooses techniques, firing temperature.
Focus on theory and methodology as a framework for practice in the design professions. Values, conceptual structures, social context and business issues affecting and shaping current practice investigated through symposia, readings, papers, and group project. ART 397 Special Topics Advanced Narrative and Documentary Art Studio course focused on narrative and documentary content. Exploration of a wide variety of materials and styles of work. Initially, assignments develop some of the fundamental issues of narrative art.