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Ceramics &

Sculpture 3

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Students in Ceramics 3 explore clay, decorative techniques, printmaking and sculptural form more in-depth than students in Ceramics 1 & 2. Everything from making clay to firing the kilns will be explored and experienced. Students learn a variety of advanced decorative techniques for finishing their artwork. Students are challenged to utilize their previous knowledge, skills, and new learning when developing personal responses to artistic challenges.

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The prerequisite for this course is a passing grade of "C" or better in Ceramics 2.

Syllabus

Projects & Concepts

Ceramic Vase

Nonomura Ninsei

Tea Leaf Jar

Edo Period

MOA Museum, Atami, Shizuoka, Japan

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Make Your Mark: Advanced Decorative Techniques

 

GOAL: create and decorate three (3) functional pottery pieces with advanced techniques using line, texture and space to create a sense of rhythm and repetition.    

Mary Huynh

Divinity

Reductive Linocut Print

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Meaningful Mantras: Advanced Printmaking

 

Students will use line and space to explore unity/variety in an edition of prints inspired by a mantra or a personally important message.

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Action Figures: Figurative Ceramic

 

Students will use form and texture to explore scale/proportion to create a unique artwork inspired by human and/or animal figures that demonstrate movement.  

Katherine Redding

Figure Sculpture

Hand-built stoneware clay

Rhythm & Cycles: Alternative & Mixed Media Sculpture

 

Students will use volume and mass to explore rhythm & repetition in occupied and unoccupied space to create unity in an artwork inspired by the idea of cycles.

Haley Shelton

Spring

Mixed Media Sculpture

Zhibek Nurtaza

Untitled

Graffiti Relief Sculpture

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Personal Choice: Investigation & Creation 

 

Students will use personally selected elements & principles of art, techniques & processes to design and create an artwork inspired by a topic of their own choosing.

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