Course Description
This is a one-credit semester course in art. This course outline will include the four components of Discipline-Based Art Education; Art History, Aesthetics, Criticism and Production. Students will learn basic and hand building techniques and be introduced to wheel throwing. We will study the history of ceramics and use aesthetics, criticism and theories of art and how they apply to ceramics.
Assignments
Introduction overview
Coil pot construction
Slab construction
Press molding
Relief composition
Combination of constructions
Materials Needed
Folder for handout materials
Small spiral notebook or sketchbook for sketches and preliminary work
Pencils
Art gum eraser/ or soft eraser
Old shirt/apron
Old towel