Courses: Ceramics
17 TO Jun
30
Image and Surface
CER 630 001
Jun 17–Jun 30, 2012
3 credit hours
Instructor: Israel Davis and Mat Rude
$200.00 Lab and Studio Fee
This course considers two different processes to generate solutions for the ceramic
surface: screen printing and wood firing. These seemingly disparate approaches can be used in combination to create fantastically unpredictable results. We will look at historical and contemporary uses of pattern, graphic imagery, and narratives as they relate to ceramic surface design. Demonstrations will include print making with slip, image transfer, and the wood firing process. The goal of this course is to facilitate individual projects through experimentation. In addition students must be prepared to participate in the collaborative efforts necessary for wood firing.
01 TO Jul
14
Free Clay: Handbuilt Clay Sculpture
CER 624 001
Jul 01–Jul 14, 2012
3 credit hours
Instructor: Josh Faught and William J. O'Brien
$150.00 Lab and Studio Fee
In this class we will make sculptures using basic clay manipulating techniques (slabs, coiling, pinching, carving, etc...) as well as a variety of alternative approaches (paper-clay, unfired clay, combustible supports) and proceed to experiment and discover our own. You will be encouraged to consider it in relation to other materials, both through incorporating alternative materials into clay bodies, as well as by challenging (or exploiting) conventional forms, practices, and the perceived boundaries of clay as a material. This course will be open to beginning as well as advanced ceramic students; it will consist of demonstrations, critiques, slide presentations, and mostly, personal hands-on work.
29 TO Aug
11
The Object in Context
CER 631 001
Jul 29–Aug 11, 2012
3 credit hours
Instructor: Marie Hermann and Anders Ruhwald
$150.00 Lab and Studio Fee
This course will focus on ceramic object making. The word “object” has been specifically chosen, as it is neutral to the divide between the utilitarian tool and the sculptural form. In this class we will view these categories as a continuum to see how these ideas may inform one another. Central to this will be a discussion of how objects relate to each other and the possible sites in which they exists such as home, gallery, or landscape. Each session will have presentations, discussions, technical demonstrations, and critiques integrated into a focused, process-based studio experience.