Week One Recap

Week one was a success, everyone is getting a feel for the medium and progressing very quickly.

A little recap:

All students introduced themselves, and gave information such as why they are taking the class, any previous experience in ceramics, and their major and where they are from.

We went over the syllabus and covered all of the expectations for the course.

The sketchbook was emphasized again and again, please bring it to next class as one of the Demos involves the sketchbook.

Shelves were randomly assigned, and lockers were self assigned.

Demo projects 1 and 2 were demonstrated and most people completed at least demo project #1.

IT IS THE STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLETE THE OTHER PROJECT, remember, time must be spent outside of class time to complete projects that are demoed in class, see the last post of the open studio schedule.

 Photos of our class

Photos of some of the lidded pinch pots 

Great work everyone!

Below is a preview of next weeks demo which will be all about slabs, but also include decorating techniques in underglaze/slip such as sponging, sgraffito, stencil, spattering, and slip trailing (lots of S's)

Open Studio Schedule

It was great meeting everyone today, 

here is the open studio schedule for Fall 2015.

Monday 

9am-1:50pm 

&

6pm-9pm

Tuesday 

none 

Wednesday

9am-6pm

Thursday 

12pm-9pm (I'm counting class time here)

Friday 

9am-1:50pm

&

5pm-9pm

Note: for those 9am times, if the room is locked, go to the art office room 109 and tell the person behind the desk or the secretary to please open room 106, the ceramics room for you, let them know you are a student trying to take advantage of open studio time.  

Headstart

Hello,

Class starts in two days, for those reading this in advance, know that this is a rigorous course which utilizes each and every class period even the first day.  We will be meeting for the entire class time.  You can expect to get messy right away so please come prepared with either a change of clothes or dress appropriately.  Note: long nails can sometimes be a problem for some people.

We will be starting two projects on the first day, using the fundamentals of hand building which are coil and pinch, and learning the joining process slip & score.

We will also review the syllabus, guidelines for health and safety in the studio, rules, assign lockers and shelves; and have a light discussion of the properties of clay as you begin to get a feel for it.

You only need bring yourself for the first day but please purchase or make a sketchbook for use during the semester as we will begin using it the second class meeting.

I look forward to meeting all of you promptly at 2pm on Thursday.

Each student will be assigned a shelf (by pulling random numbers)

A preview of the first day's projects, how to make a lidded container and  a coil vessel with handle