Unit 1: From Historical to Contemporary

Unit Objectives:  

Students will learn

•  about prehistoric ceramics

1. which countries produced which kinds of forms

2. the purposes of the forms

3. how the forms were made

• what contemporary means and look at examples of contemporary forms

• how to design a contemporary form

Unit 2:  Glazemaking

Unit Objectives: 

 Students will learn how to

• make their own glazes

• create a triaxial blend to produce a variety of colors

Unit 3: Precolumbian Zoomorphic Vessels

Unit Objectives: 

 Students will learn 

• the meaning of zoomorphic

• about different kinds of zoomorphic forms and their decoration

• to create their own zoomorphic pots

Unit 4: Mugs and Jugs in the Greek Style

Unit Objectives:

Students will learn

• about Greek ceramic forms and styles of decoration

• to create a mug and jug forms inspired by Greek styles

• to decorate using engobe and sgraffito

Unit 5: Visits to Museum Collection of Ceramics and a Local Potter

Unit Objectives:  Students will learn 

• about the history of ceramics

• the lifestyle of a potter

• campus life and the fine arts department

Unit 6: Korean Punch'ong Plates

Unit Objectives:  Students will learn 

• about Korean ceramics

• to throw or hand build a plate

• to decorate the plate using the punch'ong technique

Unit 7: Slab Work

Unit Objectives:  Students will learn 

• about Han Burial Houses

• to construct using slabs

• to decorate using maiolica techniques

Unit 8: Slab Work

Unit Objectives:  Students will learn 

• about Maiolica glaze

• to construct using slabs

• to decorate using maiolica techniques

Unit 9: Novelty Tea Pots

Unit Objectives:  Students will learn 

• about Bernard Leach

• to throw or hand build a teapot, including all extensions

• to meaning of novelty

Unit 10: Final Four

Unit Objectives:  Students will choose a final project either from the following ideas or from their own idea 

• a box to hold a precious object

• a pot showing tension

• chess pieces

• interlocking pots