Ceramics Evergreen State College

Techniques will include wheel throwing alteration of thrown forms piecing parts to make complex or larger forms and creating hand built accoutrements.

Ceramics evergreen state college.

Ceramics studio the evergreen state college we re teaching and learning remotely for summer 2020 and planning hybrid classes for fall. Ceramics this course is intended as an overview of ceramic studio practices. It is highly encouraged that students have previously taken a ceramics course and have the ability to center clay on a pottery wheel. Topics discussed will include elements of design historical and cultural significances of functional forms and integration of surface and form.

Functional pottery will be emphasized with technical demonstrations based on utility. The course is aimed primarily at students who have previously taken a ceramics course and have the ability to center clay on a pottery wheel. Ceramics this course will provide students with opportunities to concentrate on advanced wheel throwing techniques. Students will learn to develop better control over their cylinders create forms with walls of uniform thickness improve handles spouts.

In this class students will explore the sculptural and design potential of functional ceramic forms. A sequence of courses is offered throughout the year as part of evening and weekend studies which provide basic skills instruction in a variety of applications from sculptural to functional working with high and low fire clay bodies. Students will learn a variety of hand built ceramic techniques beginning with traditional methods and moving toward current ceramic technologies.