ART 244 - Intermediate Ceramics:Wheel Throwing KCC AA/DA

Institution:

Kapiolani Community College

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Description:

hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): ART 0or instructor consent. Comment: ART 244 is repeatable for a maximum of six credits. ART 244 focuses on development of vessel and sculptural concepts using wheel throwing techniques. Upon successful completion of ART 244, the student should be able to: Demonstrate through completed projects, a basic proficiency in wheel throwing techniques. Demonstrate an understanding of color and color theory through the use of various decorated techniques: slips, oxides, engobes, stains, and glazes. Demonstrate an understanding of clay bodies, oxidation and reduction firing, and of the basic chemical compositions of glazes. Demonstrate an awareness of the visual elements and the design principles while creating ceramic vessels and sculptural forms. Demonstrate innovative and inventive problem-solving, through creative decision-making and insightful articulation of finished ceramics vessels and sculptural forms. Demonstrate an ability to generate creative ideas through three-dimensional visualization techniques. Demonstrate an understanding of drawing as a tool for conceptualization and documentation of personal imagery and technical investigation of the ceramic process. Demonstrate an understanding of historic and contemporary examples of wheel made ceramics. Demonstrate an ability to articulate the concepts and intent of a finished ceramic object.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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