The instructor will also discuss the issue of resolving the technical skill level with the ambitious idea. The instructor will always work with the student to solve the technical problem so that the aesthetic goal can be achieved. There should be a class critique at the halfway point. Students and the instructor develop, together, the criteria that will be the basis for discussion. The discussion is graded with the instructor making a tally mark, in the grade book, each time the student makes a comment that indicates genuine thought.
Students take turns handling the firing of the electric kiln.
Students paint or glaze fired work. Students display work for critique. Again this is graded discussion. Again students and the instructor establish criteria for discussion. Students are will make comparisons to issues that were brought up in the previous critique.