Gesture, quick sketch, and long pose will increase students' awareness of composition, design and structure. Students will study the figure as an organic whole rather than a series of unrelated parts. This course will provide students with an introduction to the basic techniques of handbuilding, slab forming, wheelthrowing, glazing, slip application, and firing methods. This course is a prerequisite to advanced ceramic courses. In the second course of Ceramics, students learn to develop more complex forms on and off the wheel.
Training focuses on surface treatments, kiln theory, mixing glazes, and finally, firing the kiln.
Jewelry and Metals I Covering the fundamentals of metal techniques including sawing, soldering, and forging, this class will include weekly demonstrations and critiques. Through the study of various methods, students will explore ideas through design and problem solving. Jewelry and Metals II Continuing emphasis in the mastery of methods, students will create more complete ideas in functional and non-functional designs, while incorporating challenging methods in the making of each piece. Design Using every day materials, we will consider the basic elements of 3D design, such as volume, mass, weight, light, gravity, form, structure and space. Students will work through progressively more sophisticated problem-solving processes toward creative solutions.