Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Develop skills on the potter’s wheel which include:
• a. proper centering
• opening the centered clay
• c. pulling up, thinning and shaping
• d. various trimming methods
• e. throwing a foot on the vessel
• Create a single thrown form based on the cylinder, a vessel form.
• 3. Design and make a large thrown flat form (e.g., platter).
• 4. Design and produce a multiple place setting that is well designed an coordinated.
• 5. Design and make a lidded form.
• 6. Design and make a multiple piece sectional form.
• 7. Do more in-depth experimentation with various vitreous surface treatments:
• a. more experimentation with slips
• b. work with engobes
• c. experimentation with glazed and over-glazes
• 8. Understand the process of mold making.
• 9. Take responsibility for at least one electric firing and participate in gas firing.
• 10. Participate in class discussions and critiques.
• 11. And above all, students should strive to develop their own personal identity in creating original works and exhibiting good craftsmanship.