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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ART 34A | Title:
CERAMIC SCULPTURE |
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| Full Title:
Ceramic Sculpture |
| Last Reviewed:1/28/2019 |
| 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 | 17.5 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:
22 - 4 Times in any Comb of Levels
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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An introductory course in ceramic sculpture to develop hand-building, glaze application and decoration technique.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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An introductory course in ceramic sculpture to develop hand-building, glaze application and decoration technique.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:22 - 4 Times in any Comb of Levels
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
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify and evaluate visual elements of ceramic sculpture to present
the work in class critiques.
2. Use clay, glaze, tools and materials for ceramic sculpture.
3. Employ basic hand-building techniques to make ceramic sculpture.
4. Apply both basic glaze application and decoration techniques for
ceramic sculpture.
5. Employ the vocabulary of ceramics and sculpture to describe ceramic
sculpture and firing process.
6. Demonstrate a creative process with both disciplined work habits and
risk-taking experimentation.
7. Examine and analyze examples of historical and contemporary ceramic
sculpture to arrive at aesthetic and technical judgments.
8. Define health and safety issues that arise from the use of materials
and equipment to maintain a ceramic studio.
9. Repeating students will be able to:
A. Employ "throwing technique" to make sculpture
B. Develop hand-building skill for a large sculpture
C. Demonstrate multi-firing decoration
Topics and Scope
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1. Hand-building techniques
A. Coil
B. Pinched slab
C. Soft slab
D. Firm slab
2. Hand built forms
A. Geometric shapes
B. Organic shapes
3. Sculptural elements and principles
A. Form and shape
B. Space and volume
C. Texture
D. Positive and negative shapes
4. Decoration
A. Low fire glaze
B. Color slip
C. High fire glaze
5. Glaze application
A. Spray
B. Brush
6. Aesthetics
A. History of ceramic sculpture
B. Ceramic sculpture and non-ceramic sculpture
7. Firing process
A. Raku firing
B. Gas and electric firing
C. Safety
8. Subsequent repeat:
A. Sculpture with altered throwing parts
B. Hand-building technique for a large and light-weight sculpture.
C. Multi-firing decoration
Assignments:
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1. Use soft clay slabs to make a geometric form.
2. Use firm clay slabs to create an architectural form.
3. Use coil methods to make an organic form.
4. Use pinched clay slab to make a human body part - head, hand or foot.
5. Decorate sculpture with color slip and glaze.
6. Decorate surface of sculpture by scraping, incising and carving.
7. Examine books and magazines devoted to ceramic sculpture and
techniques.
8. Complete basic terminology quiz.
9. Create final project: exhibit of completed work.
10.Repeating students will accomplish the above assignment applying the
following criteria:
A. Make a sculpture with altered throwing parts
B. Make a large and light-weight sculpture
C. Develop surface decoration technique by multi-firing
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
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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| 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% |
| Class performances | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 15% |
| True/false, Matching items, Completion | |
| 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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Ceramics (6th ed). Burkett, Richard and Nelson, Glen C. Wadsworth Publishing: 2002.
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