Personal Directions in Ceramics

Personal Directions in Ceramics is intended for the highly motivated student. In this course, students are given the option of choosing from a few guided projects or coming up with a focus of their own, towards which they will work the entire semester. Experimentation with media and attention to concepts are encouraged, and the goal of the course is for the student to create a body of work with a clear personal aesthetic. Examples of the kinds of projects that the student will pursue at this level are a study of glaze chemicals, making and using original clay tools, the making of tableware specific to a variety of baking and serving temperatures and processes, and sculptural studies with focus on problems featuring the axis of gravity