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  • PCC 110: Intro to Pottery

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None This course introduces pottery making for potters, including clay preparation, wheel throwing and trimming, surface decoration, and glazing and firing techniques. Topics include clay bodies and the mixing process, potter's wheel basics, glazing, kiln loading and firing, and safety issues. Upon completion, students should be able to prepare clay; center and throw basic forms; trim, mix, and apply basic glazes; and load and fire bisque kilns.
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  • PCC 111: Functional Pottery I

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None This course covers the important elements of designing and producing utilitarian pottery, including wall thickness, balance and proportion, surface decoration, and glazing and firing techniques. Topics include bowls, mugs, plates, casseroles, stemware, and bottles, with emphasis on safe glazing and supervised firing. Upon completion, students should be able to produce a variety of functional pots, apply a glaze, and load and assist firing a kiln.
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  • PCC 112: History of Pottery

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None This course examines the historical development of ceramics and the contributions made by specific cultures or countries. Topics include potters from early societies, including the Mediterranean countries, China, Cyprus, and Crete with emphasis on design, technique, and firing methods. Upon completion, students should be able to identify numerous historical pottery types, discuss the societies which produced them, and demonstrate knowledge of their production methods.
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  • PCC 113: Contemporary Pottery

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None This course surveys numerous 19th- and 20th-century potters and artists who have contributed to the contemporary ceramics movement. Topics include artists such as Leach, Cardew, and Hamada and the important design and technical contributions these potters have made to the ceramics movement. Upon completion, students should be Able to identify numerous contemporary potters and their work.
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  • PCC 114: Raku

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Professional Craft program or department approval Corequisites: None This course introduces clay bodies, glazes, kilns, and firing techniques necessary for making and safely firing raku pottery. Topics include clay properties, glaze types, kiln design, firing techniques, and historical information and safety related to the raku process. Upon completion, students should be able to make, glaze, and fire a variety of raku projects.
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  • PCC 115: Advanced Raku

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: PCC 114 Corequisites: None This course is a continuation of PCC 114 with emphasis on finished pots exhibiting greater control, surface decoration, and finishing techniques. Topics include glaze application techniques, surface decoration techniques, post-firing techniques, and safety equipment and practices. Upon completion, students should be able to produce a body of raku projects integrating technique, form, and design.
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  • PCC 116: Pottery Tool Making

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Professional Craft program or department approval Corequisites: None This course covers design concepts and construction techniques for building simple personal studio equipment, including wedging tables, extruders, and kiln furniture. Emphasis is placed on skills and safe use of hand tools, design fundamentals, selection of needed materials, and construction methods. Upon completion, students should be able to identify appropriate projects, select materials and tools, obtain materials, and construct several small and one major project.
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  • PCC 117: Glaze Testing

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None This course provides the opportunity to identify and test numerous glazes for a personal glaze inventory. Topics include firing temperature, color, texture, methods of adjustment, and methods of testing on sample tiles. Upon completion, students should be able to select glaze recipes; weigh out test batches; apply glazes to tile; and fire, adjust results, and refire.
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  • PCC 118: Clay:Special Study

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Professional Craft program or department approval Corequisites: None This course provides a format in which to explore personal interests in clay with instructor supervision. Emphasis is placed on student proposals and studentinstructor- developed contractual agreements specifying goals, deadlines, and evaluation criteria. Upon completion, students should be able to complete clay works as specified in student instructor- designed contractual agreements.
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  • PCC 119: Clay Design:Special Study

    3.00 Credits
    Haywood Community College

    Prerequisites: Admission to the Professional Craft program or department approval Corequisites: None This course provides a format in which to explore personal interests in clay design with instructor supervision. Emphasis is placed on student proposals and studentinstructor- developed contractual agreements specifying goals, deadlines, and evaluation criteria. Upon completion, students should be able to complete clay design projects as specified in student-instructor-designed contractual agreements.
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