2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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ART 121 - Ceramics II
Description: Concentration on use of the potter's wheel and other clay-building methods, further development of glazing and firing. Application of design principles.
Prerequisites: ART 120
Credits: 3
Lecture: 1
Lab: 5
Course Content:
- Use of the potters wheel
a. Cylinder
b. Bowl
c. Trimming
d. Lid
- Hand forming techniques
a. Pinch
b. Coil
c. Slab work
d. Mold use
e. Handles
- Surface decoration techniques
a. Stamping
b. Incising
c. Carving
d. Engobe
e. Sgraffito
f. Mishima
g. Sprigging
- Glazing techniques
a. Wax resist
b. Dipping
c. Pouring
d. Brushwork
e. Overlaps
f. Metal oxide painting and staining
- Basic glaze components
- Basic kiln components
- Kiln firing procedures and components
- ormal elements and principles of design
- Historical and contemporary art examples
- Critique
Learning Outcomes:
- Form clay on the potter's wheel.
- Hand form clay using several techniques.
- Use various techniques to affect the clay?s surface.
- Apply glaze using several techniques.
- Identify basic glaze components.
- Identify basic kiln components.
- Define and describe the components needed for the kiln firing process.
- Identify the formal elements and principles of design.
- Analyze the formal elements and principles of design.
- Interpret the formal elements and principles of design.
- Recognize historical or contemporary examples of the fine arts or crafts
- Use media specific terminology to critique and evaluate works of art.
Required Assessment:
- Critique and evaluation of art and artifacts.
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