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Ceramics 1- Course Expectations

Goals

To become familiar with processes and techniques unique to creating ceramic forms: pinch, coil, slab construction, & beginning wheel throwing.
To become familiar with surface decorative techniques: glazes, underglazes, stains & colored slips.
to learn, understand and apply the vocabulary of art, with a focus on the ceramic arts.
To appreciate the ceramic arts from a variety of cultures both past & present.
To be able to thoughtfully analyze your own work and the work of your peers in a group critique.

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Animal pinch pots

Hollow forms: 2 pinch pots joined and paddled with animal features added

Mugs in the kiln

Textured slab mugs at the end of a glaze firing