Ceramics Evergreen State College

Topics discussed will include elements of design historical and cultural significances of functional forms and integration of surface and form.

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 this course is intended as an overview of ceramic studio practices. The goal of this course is to provide students with opportunities to concentrate on advanced wheel throwing techniques. Ceramics at evergreen introduces students to a range of possibilities for working in clay.

Students will learn to develop better control over their cylinders create forms with walls of uniform thickness improve handles spouts. Functional pottery will be emphasized with technical demonstrations based on utility. 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. Ceramics this course will provide students with opportunities to concentrate on advanced wheel throwing techniques. 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.