An introduction to the potters' wheel. Students learn basic throwing skills, explore utilitarian design concepts, and learn to balance spontaneous and practiced approaches to process. Emphasis is on the successful integration of craft and personal expression.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate basic wheelthrowing and glaze techniques; demonstrate creative strategies and critical evaluation of the creative process; demonstrate an understanding of both historical and contemporary approaches to the medium and the role of the Ceramic artist in cultures past and present.
Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate basic wheelthrowing and glaze techniques; demonstrate creative strategies and critical evaluation of the creative process; demonstrate an understanding of both historical and contemporary approaches to the medium and the role of the Ceramic artist in cultures past and present.