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Apr 20, 2024
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VARTS 234 - Clay Studio: Wheel Throwing
Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a course requirement in the Visual Arts: Sculpture Core Concentration
A course designed to explore wheel throwing processes, with a focus on developing proficiency in the creation of functional and sculptural forms in the clay medium. Techniques will include mastery of throwing walls in uniform thickness, trimming, and the development of appropriate surface decorations will include glazing, slipping, under and over-glaze techniques. Since their oldest known manifestation in the fourth millennium BCE in Sumeria, thrown vessels have had diverse purposes and been used as utensils for drinking, eating and ritualistic purposes, as containers for the transportation of grains and liquids, as caskets for burials, trophies awarded as prizes, and also as sculptural artifacts for visual contemplation. Many contemporary artists across the globe continue to be inspired by this with this versatile form, which offers a unique opportunity to investigate the conceptual borders between art, design, and functionality.
3 credits
Fall, Spring, Summer
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