Ceramics 1, ARTD130-EM1, CRN CLLB105

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1 CCBC, School of Technology, Art and Design Institute of Art, Design and Interactive Media Ceramics 1, ARTD130-EM1, CRN CLLB105 Instructor: Trisha Kyner Class Day/Time: Tu/TH 12:15 am to 2:30 pm Office Location: AHUM 228 (E bldg.)/cllb Departmental Phone: Faculty Website: Office Hours: Open Studio Hours: TU. 11 noon M 12:00 5:00 WEDS. 3-5 pm T -11:00-12:00, 3:00-5:30 TH. 11-noon W 11:00 5:00 FRI pm TH 11:00-1 2:00, 3:00-5:30 F 12:00 5:00 SA -12 5:00 Description: Ceramics 1 explores ceramic materials and processes, emphasizing development of hand building techniques, provides an introduction to the potter's wheel and basic understanding of clay, glazes, and kiln operation. 2 lecture hours and 2 laboratory hours per week. Lab Fee: $15.00 Overall Course Objectives * Demonstrate the ability to execute thoughts & intentions through the manipulation of clay * Demonstrate creativity, imagination and aesthetic judgment through assigned projects * Demonstrate knowledge of functional and sculptural concepts * Demonstrate learned techniques and processes in the production of ceramic objects. * Demonstrate an understanding and use of ceramic vocabulary * Hand build clay forms using basic building techniques such as coil, slab and pinch. * Understand basic ceramic firing processes and kiln operation * Embellish clay forms with surface techniques and textural treatments * Experiment with throwing on the potter s wheel (throwing cylinders) * Identify clay bodies including earthenware and stoneware * Prepare clay by kneading and wedging * Apply glazes using brushing, pouring, and dipping methods * Use ceramic modeling and carving tools * Discuss and critique one another s work * Demonstrate good craft skills * Understand the basic history of ceramic art and current trends in clay * Show proper regard for safe practices in the ceramic studio

2 Rationale: Ceramics combines of muscle memory (you will have to practice as if you were learning a dance or sport), design concepts and conceptual thinking about visual culture. Successful students will leave with a newfound confidence in their ability to make evocative objects in this ancient material Assignments Hand Building * 1 small varmint, critter made from pinched and joined forms to be displayed outside. This will be raku fired. Materials and process: 470 Sculpture, raku. Display: collaborative installation. * 1 ten inch coiled pot with narrative or decorative scenes/patterns. Materials and process: low fire red clay with under glazes applied at leather hard. Students must use two of the following under glaze techniques: sgraffito, inlay (mishima), slip trailing, decals paper stencils, lusters or lino printing. After bisque, the coil pot will be brushed with low fire clear glaze and fired to cone 04. Lusters and decal transfers may be applied in an additional firing. * 1 slab built abstract construction from multiple press molded tiles. Must be at least 10 long in any direction. Materials: low fire red clay, low fire glazes and oxides, mixed media allowed. Processes: plaster mold making, joining leather hard slabs. (Some tiles must be joined). Display: be creative, you can suspend the sculpture or it can be made for the floor or wall. * 1 Phantom Limb. Materials and process: low fire red clay, low fire glazes, washes/stains, lusters and/or decals, soft slab and coil construction. The emphasis is on expressive content and direct observation skills. Throwing * 2 small bowls in red low fire clay, bisque and then glazed with majolica and stains * 4 cylinders, at least two with handles, bisque and then glazed with high fire glazes. Mold Making * 1 plaster press mold for abstract sculpture project described above. Vocabulary/Ceramic History * Mid-term Vocabulary Test * 3-5 page paper on a 20 th or 21 st century ceramic artist. *Sketchbook with regular commentary on videos and sketches for your projects. Turned in mid-term/finals. Grade 80% Projects Projects will be graded at several critiques. Attendance at critiques is mandatory. If you are sick or have a definite family obligation, please try to arrange for another student to present your work. 5% Participation - This includes your contribution to discussions and critiques, your commitment to a clean and safe studio, loading and unloading of the bisque and glaze kilns, participation in pit firing and, in general, your respect for the studio and fellow students. 5% Mid-term Vocabulary Test 5% Artist Paper 5% Sketchbook Examples of Grading A student = Consistently outstanding in quality and effort on all projects and reports. Follows instructions, but takes creative risks. Willing to re-do a project if it fails the first time, is not up to his/her standards or is lost or

3 damaged. Work is done on time and student keeps track of projects at all stages of completion. Two or fewer absences. Excellent participation in critiques, discussions and clean up. B student = Overall very good work, projects can range from competent to excellent. In some cases a B student may have outstanding work but also have: excessive absences, poor class participation or a failing performance on quiz or paper. The B student follows instructions and work is turned in on time. He/she generally keeps track of work in all stages of completion and makes an effort to contribute to class in critiques. Cleans up. C student = Acceptable but not exceptional level of effort or quality OR higher quality work with more absences, fewer contributions to class critiques and/or a mixed record on clean up. Usually follows instructions. May have turned in some work late. D student = Has not fulfilled the requirements of quality, skill or effort. May have acceptable project quality but missing one or more assignments or have excessive absences. Additionally, the D student may have trouble managing time, following instructions, make few contributions to the class and/or have a spotty record on cleanup. F student = Excessive absences, missing projects, cheating. Does not contribute to class and may show little respect for others or their work. Attendance Attendance is mandatory. Excused absences will only be permitted when prior permission is obtained from the professor, or in cases of extremity (illness, death in the family, etc.) If a student knows that they will miss a class session in advance, they should make a reasonable attempt to contact the instructor and schedule make up time during office or open hours. If you miss more than three classes (unexcused) you will automatically be dropped a grade. If you miss more than four classes (unexcused) you will automatically fail the course. However this class demands more participation than other classes. Weds. Students should miss 2 or fewer classes (excused or unexcused) if they are hoping for an A. Arriving Late or Leaving Early Three occurrences of arriving more than 15 minutes late will equal an absence. Leaving early w/out valid reason or consultation with instructor equals automatic absence. If you have a child care or schedule issue that will cause you to leave early, you must discuss this with me at the beginning of term. Please check in with me before leaving class. Your table area and wheel must be clean before you go and you must perform one 2-5 minute communal clean up task. Academic Expectations You are responsible for your work. Keep abreast of firing deadlines, label all work in progress and periodically check the dryness of your work. The instructor is not expected to find or store your work. Know where your work is at all times.

4 **Expect to put in two-five hours of studio homework a week outside of class. Except for sketchbook and final papers, all homework MUST be done in the classroom. Open studio hours are listed at the top of this syllabus. Please check your schedule and find at least one slot that you can attend regularly for two hours a week beyond class time. You may also work quietly in the studio during another class but only if the Instructor gives you permission. Students must behave in a conscientious manner. If you are asked to leave or if the instructor turns down your request you should politely remove yourself. If you are asked to leave for being disruptive you cannot return to that class again to work. No conversations during another instructor s class. Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated in my or any other classes in this room. Examples: Talking while the instructor or a fellow student is presenting material Texting on your phone during class (research is fine, but wait until I am finished presenting material) Distracting members of a class in which you are working as a guest. Abusive or excessively profane language is inappropriate. You will receive a single warning for a first infraction. If your disruptive behavior reoccurs you be asked to leave the class for the day and will be counted as absent. If disruptive behavior persists, you will be referred to the Dean. Issues of Attribution You are required to put an identifying mark (initials or a symbol) on the base or foot of all your ceramic objects. This is particularly important with thrown work. Thrown pots without an identifying mark cannot be applied to your grade. They will be added to the test tile shelf. Standards for papers: I expect all papers to conform to standards of college writing (double spaced, in text citations, bibliography, typed, margins not larger than an inch). I prefer MLA format for in-text citations and bibliography. For help with the MLA format see: semester I am asking that all students use the library s Art Full Text database as part of the process of researching an artist. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Based on the severity of the plagiarism students may receive an F for the course or an F on the paper. Plagiarism is: using others ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information. To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use: another person s idea, opinion, or theory. Any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings any pieces of information that are not common knowledge; quotations of another person s actual spoken or written words; or paraphrase of another person s spoken or written words. (Libraryguides.ccbcmd.edu). For more information on avoiding plagiarism see:

5 Late Projects/Missing Critiques Work not finished by a mid-term critique can be turned in one week late, but will be docked a letter grade. No work will be accepted after the final critique. Keep in mind that we fire as a group, and don t fall behind. Communication with instructor is encouraged. If you feel restricted or stymied by a project, stop by and talk to me during the office hours. Working together, we can usually get past any blocks. If you are worried that you will not make a deadline, see me. Be organized. Keep your syllabus and handouts in a binder. Bring it, your sketchbook and tools to class every week. Students are responsible for providing themselves with the required tools. If you lose a tool, you must replace it. Acts of God: Sometimes a kiln over fires. Sometimes a glaze misbehaves. Sometimes a piece falls off the bisque ware cart. This is not your fault. If there is sufficient time, I will ask you to re-do the project. If there is not time (and the project was close to completion) your project grade will reflect the degree of effort, craft and problem solving that I observed in the work before its unfortunate demise. Required Supplies You must have these by the second class. A basic ceramic tool kit. Available at the CCBC Essex Book Store, most art stores or Michael s. A tool box, zip pouch some container for your tools A binder/notebook for handouts and notes A sketchbook Optional Supplies Not Required A selection of plastic or wooden modeling tools, easily found at Michaels or AC Moore Old towel the studio has towels, but we don t have laundry service, so you may prefer your own. Shur-form in the plaster section of the hardware store. These are great for shaping slab pieces and thinning your coil pots. (We have a limited amount in the studio). Rubber tip tools, also called pastel blenders, - great for detailed soft modeling work. (We have a limited amount in the studio). Where to find nifty tools and other treats Clayworks Supply everything a ceramicist needs Falls Road (behind the CVS across from Western High), Baltimore, MD Chesapeake Ceramics 4706 Benson Avenue, Arbutus, MD Artist and Craftsman Supply 137 West North Ave. Baltimore, MD Michaels throughout the area, cheap tools and interesting mixed media possibilities. Lockers: You should store your tools in a locker. We don t have a problem with theft, and have enough lockers for two people to share a locker. You will be assigned a locker the first week of class.

6 Extra Credit Attend Ceramic Exhibitions, Lectures and Events (not required, but encouraged). If you attend an exhibition or lecture and write a page long description of your visit, you will receive a 2% bump on your final grade. Please describe the art you saw, and include a photo self-portrait with an artwork in the exhibition. All are exhibitions are free and open to the public. CCBC ESSEX - Tuesday night April 25 th Visiting Artists From Baltimore Clayworks, 6-9 pm, Figurative Sculpture with Sarah Morales-Morgan and Woo Jung Koh. Lecture, demonstration and group activity. Baltimore Clayworks 5707 Smith Ave, Baltimore, MD January 7-March 4, 2017 In the Main Gallery: Teapots VIII In The Solo Gallery: Ceramic Sculpture Culture In The Project Space Gallery: Towson University, CCBC Essex and Coppin State May 6- July 1, 2017 (opening reception May 5th, 6-8) People of Color. People of Clay. An exhibition focusing on ceramic artists of color, wherein selected artists are then asked to invite two more artists of their choosing to be in the show. This system will allow artists to pay homage to their mentors or can shine a light onto an unknown and emerging talent. SOLO: Sharif Bey PROJECT SPACE: TBA Maryland Institute, College of Art Namita Gupta Wiggers Lecture, Thursday 2/23 7-8pm in Lazarus 115 Linda Sormin Lecture, Thursday 3/30 7-8pm in Main 110 Important Dates 2/17 Last Day to drop a class with 50% refund, last day to change to audit. 2/25 and 2/27 OUTSIDE CLASS RAKU FIRINGS AT 11 am. Make sure and have one of these days off. 3/8 FIRST CRITIQUE DECORATED COIL POTS IN GREENWARE/2 RED BOWLS/ RAKU CRITTER 3/15 Vocabulary Test, Sketchbooks Collected 3/10 Progress grades and 3/15 Last day to submit for graduation in May 4/7 Last day to withdraw with a W 4/25 Visiting Artists Tuesday night extra credit opportunity 4/19 SECOND CRITIQUE: COILED POTS AND MAJOLICA BOWLS 5/17 FINAL CRITIQUE ABSTRACT TILE SCULPTURES, CYLINDERS, PHANTOM LIMBS. CLEAN UP.

7 Safety and Cleanliness: Any cleaning should be done by WASHING or WIPING not SWEEPING (clay dust is a hazard.) Students must receive proper training in the glaze room and kiln room before using these facilities. In the glaze room, the vent must be turned on when mixing glaze and proper personal protection (dust masks and gloves) should be worn while making glazes. Material Safety Data sheets are available in the MSDS binders in the glaze room. These detail the toxicity level of materials and suggest proper protection. Please consult. Students must be trained on the bench grinder before using this tool. (Always wear safety glasses.) Kilns may be hot enough to burn skin or they may be at temperatures that could damage the eyes. Please consult with instructor when working in and around kilns. The sink has catchment buckets for clay. Any residual clay should go into these, not into the sink. Wipe down sink area after each use. No plaster down sink. Cleanliness and orderliness are our best defense against safety hazards. Always leave your area clean and restore materials to their proper containers and safety settings. Wheels should be turned off, extruders should be cleaned and disassembled, clay packed away and all surfaces wiped down with damp sponges. If you have any safety concerns, please consult with your instructor. Services for Student with Disabilities CCBC is committed to providing equal access to educational opportunities for all students by arranging support services and reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. A student with a disability may contact the appropriate campus office for an appointment to discuss reasonable accommodations. An appointment must be scheduled within a time period that allows staff adequate time to respond to the special needs of the student. The student must provide the appropriate office with proper documentation supporting the need for reasonable accommodations. Contact: CCBC Essex (TTY) (TTY) (TTY) Schedule (subject to change) WEEK ONE 1/31 and 2/2 Introduction to the studio and course. Discussion: What is Clay? Demos: pinch pots, wedging, scouring and slipping. 1 st Assignment Varmints and Small Critters Images: ideas for critter sculpture. Examples of raku firing In class: work on critter. Homework: by second class, purchase supplies hours in studio outside of class this week.. You should be close to finished with your critter when you arrive at the next class (90% finished). When finished, cover in plastic, label with your name and store on a class shelf. Read vocabulary sheet.

8 WEEK TWO 2/7 and 2/9 Tues. finish and review critters Remainder of class: Introduction of 2 nd Assignment: coil pots. Images: traditional coiled vessels from around the world. Homework: Make three sketches of possible coiled pot. Buy tools. Tues.: choose a profile shape for your coiled vessel and make a cardboard template for a 10 wide or 10 high pot. Make pinch pot base and begin coiling. Thurs: demo: coiling using paddles, anvils, Shur-forms and ribs. In class: practice coiling and get at least 5 up on your pot. Homework: at least two hours outside of class working on your coiled pot. It should be 8 tall and 80%-90% finished by next class. Vocabulary: clay, green ware, wedging, leather hard, bone dry, and bisque. Sketchbook Homework: Watch Woman Potter of Ghana - The Potters of San Marcos Onggi Potter 1 and 2 and Take notes and make comments on all the videos in your sketchbook. WEEK THREE 2/14 and 2/16 Tues: review coil pots. Finish during class time. In class: video of Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry. Discussion: What are your pre-conceptions of pottery? What is your definition of beauty? Fill out Beginning to think about Art/Craft/Beauty handout and paste into sketchbook. Thurs: demo - throwing on the wheel, the first step centering. Homework: Coiled pots should be built. Everyone should have 2-3 centered hockey pucks of clay. Sketchbook Homework: (in colored pencil or markers) 2-3 designs for the surface of your coiled pot, denote where you will use at two or more of the under glaze techniques (sgraffito, mishima, paper resist or slip trailing). More Sketchbook Homework: read Andy Warhol s On Beauty and Mark Hutchison Nausea: Encounters With Ugliness. Pull a quote from each reading, copy it into your sketchbook and write a paragraph of response to each quote. Vocabulary: slips, under glazes, mishima, marbling, sgraffito, stencil. WEEK FOUR 2/21 and 1/23 Tues: discuss essays and your responses. Review: coiled pots and sketchbook designs. Tues. Introduction to slips and under glazes. You will practice at least three of these techniques: mishima, sgraffito, linocut, marbling, slip trailing and using paper stencil on clay slabs. Tues. and Thurs: make test tiles with techniques and apply raku glazes to critters in groups of four in the glaze room. Vocabulary Review: high and low fire, cone, cone scale, kiln, oxidation, and reduction. Homework: Test tiles must be completed and on green ware shelf by 5 pm Sat.

9 Sketchbook Homework: watch/comment: video of historic potter Shoji Hamada throwing, as well as these two instructional videos = three videos, one or two sentences of commentary for each * Raku SAT. OR MONDAY 11 am 3 pm. SIGN UP. WEEK FIVE 2/28 and 3/2 Tues. and Thurs. ½ the class will work on the next step in throwing - opening the hockey pucks into a bowl, lifting walls. ½ the class begins applying under glazes to coil pot. Then we will switch. Everyone should have two bowls by end of the second class and some under glaze coverage on their pot. Glazing test tiles. Demo: decals and luster. Homework: Finish applying under glazes to coil pot. ALL POTS MUST BE COMPLETED BY BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. Two bowls thrown, keep them well wrapped in plastic. Next week is your mid-term review and you should have: Two red bowls - thrown Coil pot built completed in green ware state with at least two types under glaze decoration (keep coil pots well wrapped) Raku critter Bisque test tiles of decorating techniques WEEK SIX 3/7 and 3/9 Tuesday: First Critique After critique: trimming bowls and glazing test tiles. Review vocabulary for quiz Thurs: demo. throwing cylinders. Practice making cylinders. Homework: two cylinders. Study for vocabulary test!!!! Get your sketchbook up to date!!!! Homework: Mid-term Vocabulary test and sketchbook review next week. Make sure your sketchbook comments are up to date: 1) Comments on four coiling videos 2) Art/Craft/Beauty handout 3) Comments on both Warhol and Hutchinson 4) Sketches of designs/forms for coil pot. 5) Comments on throwing videos 6) Watch the video: Simon Leach, Seven Steps to Making a Cylinder! Take notes and add to sketchbooks WEEK SEVEN 3/14 and 3/16 Tuesday - MID-TERM VOCABULARY TEST AND SKETCHBOOK COLLECTION. In class: throwing and trimming more cylinders. We will add a handle to one.

10 Thurs.: introduction of next project, Tile Construction. This project involves: making a tile prototype, pouring a plaster press mold, and joining leather hard tiles to form a compelling sculptural composition. Images: historic tile patterns and contemporary tiles. In class: watch PPT, explore possible designs for tiles in sketchbook Homework: You must have at least three thrown and trimmed cylinders, one with a handle. Keep well wrapped. Have three sketches of a 2-3 tile. They can be circular, triangular, square or other shapes. WEEK EIGHT 3/21 and 3/23 Return of sketchbooks and Vocabulary Tests Review tile designs and transfer a design to a tile. Carve out an/ or add raised areas to your tile, making sure you have no undercuts. Attach to mold bed, if time and pour plaster Glazing: glaze coil pots Homework: all prototype tiles must be completed and attached to mold beds. Double wrap in plastic. They SHOULD NOT DRY OUT. PLEASE HAVE YOUR TILE READY FOR PLASTER BY NEXT CLASS. ALL COIL POTS MUST BE GLAZED (2-3 COATS). WEEK NINE 3/28 and 3/30 Glazing: majolica and stains on the red baby bowls. Images: majolica Apply decals and luster this week. POURING PLASTER MOLDS IN GROUPS OF TWO. Homework: All plaster molds must be poured. All red bowls must be decorated and glazed. WEEK TEN 4/4 and 4/6 Pressing out tiles and assembling constructions. Your tile constructions must finished by next week.. Last chance to apply luster to coil pots or majolica bowls. Introduction of the final project: Phantom Limb Homework: Ii sketchbook: make several drawings of your proposed Phantom Limb and take one or two pictures of your own limb in the position you want to sculpt. Make sure that your coil pots and majolica bowls are ready for critique after spring break. Get them on the proper shelf to be fired. Finish Tile Construction and wrap very well for spring break. WEEK ELEVEN 4/18 and 4/20 Tuesday: second critique - Coil Pots and Majolica Bowls Tuesday: review Tile Constructions. Any last minute improvements should be done Tuesday. They should be on green ware cart by Weds.. Introduction of final paper and a tutorial on researching using the library databases Thursday: demo building anatomically with small slabs. Homework: 2-4 hours on Phantom Limb. Sketchbook: Review the artist PPT and make a list of 2-3 artists who interest you. Come to class next week with a database search on at least one artist.

11 WEEK TWELVE 4/25 and 4/27 Introduction to cone 10 glazes. Half the class will be glazing cylinders. The second half of class will work on Phantom Limbs Then we will switch. This will cover both days. Discuss progress on final paper Homework: All cone 10 mugs and cylinders should be glazed and on the cart. You should put in 2-5 hours outside class on your Phantom Limb. The limb is to be finished by Saturday.. WEEK THIRTEEN 5/2 and 5/4 All Phantom Limbs uncovered and drying. Thurs: glazing Tile Construction. Glazing Topic: oxides and washes with under glazes and glazes. Homework: Rough draft of paper and Sketchbooks due next Tues. Sketchbook: comments on throwing videos, sketches for tile box, phantom limb, photos/references for phantom limb and list of high fire glazes used on cylinders. All boxes must be glazed (except for luster) by 5 pm Sat. Phantom Limbs must be on green ware shelves drying. WEEK FOURTEEN 5/9 and 5/11 Tues: rough drafts due of papers due and final review of sketchbooks. Glazing: low-fire glazes on phantom limbs. Any lusters on constructions. Discuss: mixed media ideas and installation for Phantom Limb. Homework: be ready for Final Critique: Tile Construction, cylinders, and Phantom Limbs. Come in Sat. or Monday to put any luster or decal on your phantom limbs (if desired.) You should also come in if you need to work on installation/mixed media components of phantom limbs. Your final paper on an artist is also due next week. WEEK FIFTEEN Final 5/16 We meet the same time as our normal class. Final Critique: Phantom Limbs, Tile Construction and Cylinders Mandatory Class Cleanup and work removal bring boxes! DO NOT MISS THIS CLASS.