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1. Continue to develop an understanding of the use of clays and glazes
in the creation of clay sculpture.
2. Continue to develop an awareness of visual relationships such as
proportion, scale, positive and negative shape, line, plane, volume.
3. Continue to develop handskills necessary for the mastery of creation
of ceramic sculpture, by handbuilding methods, by use of potter's
wheel, by glazing of forms.
4. Expand the working vocabulary of ceramic and sculptural terms and a
first hand understanding of their meanings.
5. Continue to cultivate an understanding of the creatiive process which
includes both the development of disciplined work habits and the
practice of handskills as well as risk taking and experimentation.
6. Continue to exercise ability to make critical aesthetic and technical
judgments through class critiques.
8. Define and reiterate health and safety issues that arise from the use
of materials and equipment associated with ceramics. Train students
in the safe handling of clay and glaze materials and of equipment
used in ceramic processes.
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The primary intent of Art 34B is the continued development of visual
awareness and performance using clay and glazes in a studio setting.
This includes:
1. The ability to produce more sophisticated and complex forms in clay.
2. The ability to mix slip and glazes and apply them to ceramic sculpture.
3. The ability to explore the use of clay and glazes in search of more
personally expressive clay sculpture.
4. The ability to make more sophisticated aesthetic and technical
decisions and judgments about ceramic forms and surfaces.
5. The ability to perform specific techniqeus to demonstrate a more
sohisticated understanding of the creation of ceramic sculpture: pinching,
coiling, slab-building, throwing on the potter's wheel, combining of
techniques, decorating and forming with colored clays, glazing and
firing.
6. The ability to intelligently and safely use and care for materials,
tools, and equipment associated with ceramics: clays, slips, glazes,
handtools, potter's wheels, slabrollers, kilns.
The scope and sequence of the course will be presented as follows:
1. Through lectures concerning the visual, technical and historical
aspects of ceramic sculpture.
2. Through lecture/demonstration of the proper use of materials,
equipment, and techniques.
3. Through student practice and demonstration of ceramic techniques
and processes.
4. Through one-on-one assistance, discussion and evaluation with indiv-
idual students.
5. Through group critique discussions and presentations of in-process
and completed ceramic scupture.
Specific areas of study within Art 34B include:
1. Clay used in the creation of ceramic sculpture: color, texture,
temperaturem suitability.
2. Slips and glazes used on the surfaces of ceramic scupture: color,
texture, temperature, application.
3. Forming methods: handbuilding, pinch, coil, slab, potter's wheel.
4. Glaze mixing: reading formula, identifying ingredients, weighing,,,
mixing and sieving, application, firing.
5. Glaze application: dip, pour, brush, spray.
6. Firing: electric, gas, raku kilns. Low, mid and high temperatures.
7. Continued consideration o the concepts and concerns of form and
surface inherent to the creation of ceramic sculpture.
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Ceramics, Glen Nelson, 5th ed., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York,
Chicago, San Francisco, 1984.