ART 202 - Wheelthrowing Ceramics

Semester Hours: 4

This course introduces students to creating ceramic forms utilizing the potter’s wheel. A range of techniques will be demonstrated as starting points to using the wheel as a tool for creating forms. Handbuilding techniques will also be taught as a way to build upon and alter the wheel-thrown forms. The design, function, decoration, and presentation of the thrown forms will be emphasized through course assignments. In addition to using the potter’s wheel, students will learn about a number of different finishing surfaces that can be applied to ceramics, how to make clay, and how to load, unload, and fire an electric kiln. Meets Visual and Performing Arts Intellectual Perspective requirement (VP).

Intellectual Perspective: VP
When Offered: Every fall semester.