Fall 2008

Week 1

Introductions

Review Syllabus

Discuss studio responsibilities

Information Forms

Tour of room

Lecture: What is clay? 

Lesson: Lesson 1. Properties of clay

Activities: Procedures for working with clay

Textbook: Claywork, pages 13-19

Grading system

Lecture: Kneading Clay

Lesson: Lesson 2: Modeling with clay 

Activities: Students model three small objects; learn to attach clay to clay; to impress clay

 Textbook: Claywork, pages 123-125

Week 2

Lecture: Pinching Clay 

Textbook: Claywork, pages 21-27; 127-129

Lesson:  Lesson 3: Pinching Nested Bowls

Activities: Students will pinch four nested bowls and decorate them

 Activities: Continue pinching

Week 3

Activities: Continue pinching

Week 4

Activities: Continue pinching

Textbook: Claywork, pages 29-39; 32-33

Lesson: Lesson 4. Coil Building; Japanese Tea Container

Activities: Students will create a coiled container with lid, using a variety of techniques

Activities: continue coil project

Week 5

Activities: continue coil project

Week 6

Textbook: Claywork, pages 40-46

Lesson: Lesson 5. Slab Construction

Activities: Students will learn to make 3 slab plates.  They will learn a variety of decorating techniques, including paper resist, slip trailing, and sgraffito through slip.  

Activities: Continue slab project

Week 7

Activities: Continue slab project

Week 8

Textbook: Claywork, pages 90-97

Lesson: Lesson 6. Extensions - Handle, Spout, Lid

Activities: Students will learn to make handles, spouts, and lids.

Activities: continue work on extensions

Lesson: Lesson 7. Decorating

Activities: Students will learn different kinds of decorating techniques.

Week 9

Textbook: Claywork, pages 73-89

Lesson: Lesson 8. Throwing on the wheel

Activities: Students will view the video, "The Cult of the Slow Wheel" and complete a video quiz

Students will learn to throw on the wheel in cycles of four or five, while those waiting for or those who have completed their wheel instruction work on individualized projects

Textbook: Claywork, pages 123-151

Lesson: Stacking ceramic pots.

Activities: Some students learn to throw on the wheel while others work on individualized projects

Lesson 9. Individualized Project #1: A tower of pots to make a tall organic form. 

Week 10

Activities:  throwing on the wheel or individualized project #1

Week 11

Activities:  throwing on the wheel or individualized project #1

Week 12

Textbook: Claywork, pages 123-151

Lesson:  Making ceramic sets

Activities: Some students learn to throw on the wheel while others work on individualized projects

Lesson 9. I ndividualized Project #2: A set of forms

Activities:  throwing on the wheel or individualized project #2

Week 13

Activities:  throwing on the wheel or individualized project #2

Week 14

Textbook: Claywork, pages 123-151

Lesson:  Making ceramic sets

Activities: Some students learn to throw on the wheel while others work on individualized projects

Lesson 9. Individualized Project #3: Complex form

Activities:  throwing on the wheel or individualized project #3

Week 15

Activities:  throwing on the wheel or individualized project #3

Week 16

Activities:  throwing on the wheel or individualized project #3

Week 17

Activities:  complete all projects

Week 18

Activities:  complete all projects

Week 19

Activities: review and clean up

Final Exams