12/15/2025 1:12:06 PM	ART 35B Course Outline as of Fall 2022	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ART 35B	Title:  ADV HAND BLDG CERAMICS
Full Title:  Advanced Hand Building Ceramics
Last Reviewed:11/9/2020

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
		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
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

An advanced course in hand-built ceramics, glaze, and engobe/underglaze decoration technique.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ART 35A

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

An advanced course in hand-built ceramics, glaze, and engobe/underglaze decoration technique.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ART 35A
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:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2022	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2022	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Create complex hand-built functional and non-functional forms.

2. Identify the unique characteristics of hand-built ceramics in a variety cultural contexts.

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Analyze sophisticated visual and functional relationships such as form and surface.

2. Demonstrate advanced hand-building skills.

3. Practice glaze mixing skills and employ a working vocabulary of glaze formulation terms.

4. Experiment with a variety of glaze, slip decorations.

5. Demonstrate the ability to make aesthetic and technical judgments of one's work and the work

    of others.

6. Demonstrate a creative process that includes good work habits, the practice of hand-building

    skills, and experimentation.

7. Define health and safety issues that arise from the use of materials and equipment to maintain

    a ceramic studio.

Topics and Scope

I. Advanced Hand-Building Techniques

    A. YiXing Chinese pottery technique

     B. Onggi Korean pottery technique

 

II. Complex Hand Built Forms

     A. Functional form: teapots, lid jar

     B. Large non-functional form

    

III. Mixing glaze and slip

     A. Glaze and slip formula

     B. Reading a scale

     C. Using a glaze sieve

    D. Firing test tiles

 

V. Glaze, slip, and Engobe/Underglaze Application

     A. Spray

     B. Brush

 

VI. Firing Process

     A. Raku firing

     B. Gas and electric firing

     C. Safety

 

VII. Concepts and Elements of Historical and Contemporary Hand-Built Ceramics

 

VIII. Proper Handling of Hazardous Materials in a Studio Environment

 

All topics are addressed in both lecture and lab components of this course.

Assignments:

Lecture-Related Assignments:

1. Research historical and cultural aesthetic of hand-built ceramics, write 1000 word report

 

Lab-Related Assignments:

1. Portfolio presentation to include 10 - 15 pieces, such as:

    A. Use YiXing and/or Onggi technique make functional form

    B. Make large complex hand-built form

    C. Explore one's own thoughts and feelings around a particular social issue and express one's

         ideas hand-built form

    D. Measure and mix glazes from basic ingredients and apply them to test tiles

2. Critique

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 - 20%
Research paper
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 60 - 75%
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 (critique)

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Mastering Hand Building: Techniques, Tips, and Tricks for Slabs, Coils, and More. Illustrated edition. Cobb, Sunshine. Voyageur Press. 2018

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