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VARTS 335 - Intermediate Hand Building


Prerequisites: VARTS 233 or Permission of the Instructor
Fulfills a course requirement in the Visual Arts: Sculpture and Ceramics Core Concentration Prerequisite.
This course will expand upon preliminary building processes (slab and coil building, wheel throwing), glazing and surface decoration techniques acquired in the introductory course, and will develop them to meet the requirements of specific utilitarian and/or sculptural projects. Students will recycle clay, make their own glazes, learn to load, unload and program kilns, and fire their own work. Design principles relevant to artistic expression in the clay medium will be explored through functional and/or non-functional thematic and conceptual projects supported by research not only on historical and contemporary ceramics, but also on art works from other artistic fields. Students will be exposed to ideas regarding the position of ceramics within the art world, and engage the remarkable diversity in ceramic form and production techniques across cultures, in western and non-western cultures. Personalized projects will be generated through discussions around specific themes. Individual exploration and originality in expression will be cultivated.

3 credits
Fall, Spring



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