Last updated: 4/10/2025

Ceramics 2 Second Semester

Seond Semester, 1/2 Credit Course

 

9 Weeks, 3rd MP

 

9 Weeks, 4th MP

 

*Require to Pass before taking Ceramics 2.

1. Introduction to Art

2. Ceramics 1

 

Units

  1. Refining Wheel Throwing Skills

    • Creating more complex forms (cups, plates, vases)

    • Trimming and finishing techniques

  2. Advanced Handbuilding Techniques

    • Building complex forms using slabs and coils

    • Sculptural elements in ceramics

  3. Glazing Techniques and Surface Decoration

    • Advanced glaze application

    • Creating texture on surfaces (slip trailing, sgraffito)

  4. Kiln Firing and Advanced Techniques

    • Understanding glaze chemistry

    • Raku and pit firing techniques

    • Video, Local Artists in the area

  5. Creative Development

    • Personal exploration and style development

    • Mid-term critique and self-assessment

  6. Final Project

    • Student-driven project integrating learned techniques
(1) VA:Cr1.2.HSIa Consider a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
(1) VA:Cr1.2.HSIIa Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design that follow or break established artistic conventions.
(1) VA:Cr2.1.HSIIa Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
(1) VA:Cr2.1.HSIIIa Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
(1) VA:Cr3.1.HSIa Apply relevant criteria and the feedback of others to revise and refine works of art and design in progress.
(1) VA:Cr3.1.HSIIa Engage in constructive critique with peers; then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
(1) VA:Pr4.1.HSIa Analyze, select, and curate art and artifacts for presentation or preservation.

Focus Questions

  • How can advanced wheel throwing techniques create complex, functional, and sculptural forms?

  • In what ways can glaze and surface decoration enhance the meaning of a piece?

  • How can I create a personal style in ceramics?

  • Advanced throwing techniques

  • Sculptural handbuilding

  • Advanced glaze application and surface decoration

  • Introduction to alternative firing techniques

  • Throwing, trimming, sgraffito, slip trailing, glaze chemistry, raku, pit firing, surface texture

Skills Students Will Learn

  • Advanced throwing and trimming techniques

  • Building and sculpting with slabs and coils

  • Glaze mixing and advanced surface decoration

  • Alternative firing methods like raku

  • Additional tools (rakes, sponges, carving tools)

  • More advanced glazes and underglazes

  • Access to an alternative firing setup (raku, pit)

  • Instruction Videos:  https://www.youtube.com/@KaransPotsAndGlass

  • Textbook:  Experience Clay by Mackey, Publisher Davis

  • Local Artists in the Area

Assessment Methods

  • Formative: In-progress critiques, peer reviews, and self-reflection journals

  • Summative: Final project presentation and critique, portfolio review (with emphasis on development of style) Written and Oral

Reading and Writing Material

  • “The Potter’s Craft” by Charles W. Weigand (excerpts)

  • Research project on alternative firing methods

  • Self-reflection essay on the final project
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