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Ceramics and pottery
Save Ceramics and pottery as an elective interest and include it in an optional learning plan.
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What this course establishes
- Apply silica-aware studio housekeeping
- Construct and document a stable introductory hand-built form
- Prepare a traceable surface and firing submission without operating a kiln
Entry knowledge
- Follow written studio rules and stop when material identity or authorization is unclear
Scope boundaries
- No independent kiln, glaze-formulation, spray-application, grinding, or production-studio authorization
Fastest competency route
Clay drying and supervised studio access impose real elapsed-time limits; no accelerated route may bypass material-state or safety requirements.
- Pass all safety-critical diagnostic items
- Complete the documented hand-built form under an approved studio procedure
- Pass structural/material review and correct every unsafe action
Full self-paced route
- Studio-safety lesson and inspection
- Hand-building lesson and staged practice
- Surface/firing-boundaries lesson
- Hand-built project, feedback, revision, and final assessment
Lesson and assessment map
Read the clay studio before making
Identify clay states, material information, exposure routes, and housekeeping choices before beginning studio work.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Build a stable form by controlling moisture and joints
Construct and document a small pinch or coil form with even walls, compressed surfaces, supported joints, and controlled drying.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Plan surfaces and respect firing boundaries
Create a traceable surface/firing plan while leaving glaze formulation, loading, firing, and unloading to authorized trained operators.
4 questions: recall, application, judgment, and error correction.
Required applied assignment
Documented hand-built form and studio-safety file
Create or simulate a small pinch/coil form through the pre-firing stage and submit evidence of structural decisions, dust controls, material traceability, and authorization boundaries. No independent kiln operation is permitted.
- Pre-work studio safety inspection
- Four-stage build record with dimensions
- Joint and moisture-control explanation
- Wet/HEPA housekeeping checklist
- Material label/SDS and firing submission card
- Defect analysis and revision memo
Passing standard: 80 of 100 points, with substantive revision required.
Continue after this course
- Wheel throwing
- Ceramic chemistry
- Glaze testing
- Sculptural ceramics
- Supervised kiln operation