WRITTEN REFLECTION & PROJECT CHECK-IN

Due Thursday April 28th

Please answer the following questions in your notebooks:

1. Where are you in the process of making your companion project? What do you still need to do/what are your plans for glazing?

2. How comfortable are you feeling on the wheel? What specific aspects do you feel you still need to work on?

3. What challenges have you run into while handbuilding this semester? How did you overcome this challenge to make your project better?

Homework Due Wednesday March 16th:

Find and print an example of a ceramic project that could be a Companion Project.

Find objects that look similar in form, surface design or both!

Bring printouts to class and paste into your journals.

Homework Assignment: Personal Reflection

Due Friday, March 4th

Write in your notebooks responses to the following questions, in full sentences:

1. What areas of this class do you feel you excel in? This could be techniques, studio jobs, etc...

2. What areas do you feel you need to improve upon in this class?

3. What specific things can we do as a class to create a positive and productive classroom atmosphere and community? What do you feel you add as a positive member of the studio?

Advanced Ceramics

Each student has now been introduced to the basics of ceramics. In this class, they will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of each technique, as well as develop a personal style with the medium. I encourage students to take risks and push themselves to the limit to improve on their basic skills!

In this class, we will develop our basic skills further through both handbuilt and wheelthrown forms. We will focus on surface decoration as well as craftsmanship, as we get more and more familiar with each new technique. In addition to the class work, students will have bi-weekly assignments reinforcing the techniques we are studying, such as printing out images for a project idea, or sketching forms out before beginning a project.

I am so excited to have each of you for a second semester, and I look forward to seeing all the unique and beautiful artwork you produce!

Your final for this class will be a personal reflection. Please write an approximately one-page personal assessment of your Ceramics career; be sure to include the following:

*What technique do you feel you have improved the most on in your two semesters as a ceramicist?

*What projects have you found to be the most challenging?

*What are some of the “lessons” you have learned as you have taken both Beginning and Advanced Ceramics?

*Which of your projects are you most proud of?

*Define a theme for your work in Ceramics. What has your focus been on, mostly? Surface decoration? Handbuilding techniques? Wheel work? And within that specific area, how could the viewer tell that each of your pieces is “yours”?

This will be due Friday, January 14th

Hollow Forms!

The most fun--and challenging--wheel project of the class....the Hollow Forms project! There are so many different creations you can make with hollow forms, either functional or sculptural...or a bit of both! Here are some ideas for using donut and orb creations.

You will decide where in the range of functional to sculptural your project will be. Combine two wheel-made form with handbuilding techniques, or cut up and reassemble two or more wheel-made forms to create your project!

Remember to keep checking our artists and to align yourself with one of their concepts!

Homework Assignment: Please answer the following questions in your journal in preparation for a mid-point critique on our Multimedia Masks, which we will have on Monday October 18th.

1. Describe what point you are at in your mask-making process, and what still needs to be done.

2. What aspects of your mask represent your personality?

3. What multimedia materials are you using in your mask?

4. What aspect of your mask would you like feedback from the group on? Pose a question that will help you as you finish your mask, maybe something you are unsure of or can't make a decision about.