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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ART 34B | Title:
ADV CERAMIC SCULPTURE |
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| Full Title:
Advanced Ceramic Sculpture |
| Last Reviewed:3/24/2025 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 2.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 35.00 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 4.00 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 70.00 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 105.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 70.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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In this continuation of Art 34 A course, students will be introduced to a greater variety of ceramic sculpture processes, subject matter, and concepts. Students will experiment with glaze mixing and life-size sculpture.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ART 34A
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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In this continuation of Art 34 A course, students will be introduced to a greater variety of ceramic sculpture processes, subject matter, and concepts. Students will experiment with glaze mixing and life-size sculpture.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ART 34A
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Create complex ceramic sculptures.
2. Analyze historical and contemporary sculptures to describe the aesthetics of ceramic sculpture.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Analyze the relationship between forms, surface, materials, proportion, and scale to appreciate sophisticated ceramic sculptures.
2. Demonstrate advanced hand-building skills and a variety of glaze decorations for large and life-size ceramic sculptures.
3. Design their own projects, continuing to develop subject matter and personal vision.
4. Develop artistic judgment for one's own work and the work of others.
5. Demonstrate a creative process that include the work habits, practice of hand skills, and risk-taking experimentation to express personal themes.
6. Formulate new glaze and engobe/underglaze for ceramic sculptures.
7. Define health and safety issues that arise from the use of ceramic materials and equipment.
8. Examine historical and contemporary ceramic sculpture to develop aesthetic and technical judgments.
9. Analyze cubist paintings and transform into sculptureal form
Topics and Scope
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I. Hand-Building Forms
A. Human body parts: head, torso, hand and foot
B. Architectural form
II. Hand-Building Technique to Make Life-Size Ceramic Sculpture
III. Conceptual Aspects of Ceramic Sculptures
A. Metaphor
B. Symbol
C. Narrative
IV. Three-Dimensional Sculptural Form Transformed from Two-Dimensional Painting
V. Surface decoration
A. Glaze and engobe/underglaze
B. Mixing new glazes and engobe/underglaze
VI. Firing Process
A. Firing temperature
B. Multi- firing
C. Low, mid and high fire
D. Safety
VII. The Concepts and Elements of Historical and Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture
VIII. Proper Handling of Hazardous Materials in a Studio Environment
All Topics are covered in the lecture and lab portions of the course.
Assignments:
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Lecture-Related Assignments:
1. Write 1 ceramics history research report (1000 words)
Lab-Related Assignments:
1. Portfolio to include 5 - 10 pieces, such as:
a. Use three major hand-building techniques to make a human figure
b. Create sculptural form expressing one's own statement of particular social issues
c. Make a ceramics sculpture that is transformed from a two-dimensional painting
d. Develop new glazes and/or engobe/underglaze and apply to the project
e. Examine books, magazines and websites devoted to ceramic sculpture and techniques
f. Final exhibit of completed glazed work
2. Attendance and participation
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 15% |
| Research report | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
65 - 80% |
| Portfolio | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 20% |
| Attendance and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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The Craft and Art of Clay: A Complete Potter's Hand Book. 5th ed. Peterson, Jan and Peterson, Susan. Laurence King Publisher. 2012. (classic).
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