Ceramics I & II
Overview - Ceramics I
This is a three-dimensional art course that teaches basic understanding and implementation of skills and techniques of working with clay. Students will learn additive and subtractive techniques, with an emphasis on skills and techniques in wheel-thrown and hand-built pottery. Students will create functional works of art like vases, pitchers, teapots, mugs and bowls.
Recommended Background for Success:
Students should have an interest in the three-dimensional art form of working with clay and glazing.
*A spiral-bound sketchbook is needed for this class
This is a three-dimensional art course that teaches basic understanding and implementation of skills and techniques of working with clay. Students will learn additive and subtractive techniques, with an emphasis on skills and techniques in wheel-thrown and hand-built pottery. Students will create functional works of art like vases, pitchers, teapots, mugs and bowls.
Recommended Background for Success:
Students should have an interest in the three-dimensional art form of working with clay and glazing.
*A spiral-bound sketchbook is needed for this class
Overview - Ceramics II
Ceramics II is designed for the highly motivated ceramics student wishing to further develop and expand on basic pottery wheel-throwing and hand-building skills. The focus of this course is on repetition in creating sets, exploring glaze and slip decoration as well as applying creative sculptural elements to basic pottery forms. Students will research professional potters’ work in order to challenge and enhance their own creative products.
Recommended Background for Success:
Students who have excelled in Ceramics 1 and have an interest in advancing skill development in pottery.
*A spiral-bound sketchbook is needed for this class
Ceramics II is designed for the highly motivated ceramics student wishing to further develop and expand on basic pottery wheel-throwing and hand-building skills. The focus of this course is on repetition in creating sets, exploring glaze and slip decoration as well as applying creative sculptural elements to basic pottery forms. Students will research professional potters’ work in order to challenge and enhance their own creative products.
Recommended Background for Success:
Students who have excelled in Ceramics 1 and have an interest in advancing skill development in pottery.
*A spiral-bound sketchbook is needed for this class
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Class Break Down at a Glance
*in progress
GRADING The grading scale for art class follows the standard Eagle Ridge Academy scale:
93%-100% = A 73%-76% = C
90%-92% = A- 70%-72% = C-
87%-89% = B+ 67%-69% = D+
83%-86% = B 63%-66% = D
80%-82% = B- 60%-62% = D-
77%-79% = C+ 59% and lower = F
Grades will be weighted based on the following categories:
Sketchbooks
Participation and Attitude
Test and Quizzes
SKETCHBOOK REQUIREMENTS
LATE WORK
*in progress
GRADING The grading scale for art class follows the standard Eagle Ridge Academy scale:
93%-100% = A 73%-76% = C
90%-92% = A- 70%-72% = C-
87%-89% = B+ 67%-69% = D+
83%-86% = B 63%-66% = D
80%-82% = B- 60%-62% = D-
77%-79% = C+ 59% and lower = F
Grades will be weighted based on the following categories:
Sketchbooks
Participation and Attitude
Test and Quizzes
SKETCHBOOK REQUIREMENTS
LATE WORK