Happy New School Year! Welcome to the Fall Semester 2025. I pray an abundance of health, happiness, and hope for the New Semester!
Advanced Ceramics Overview:
Advanced Ceramics Class is designed to allow the advanced level (Levels 3 and 4, even 5) students an opportunity to create ideas, themes, concepts, and develop concentrations that reflect the individual students' strengths and emphasize a particular area in the study of Ceramics/Pottery. If needed, we may utilize Canvas for your lessons/assignments, and critiquing our art work.
Class foundations will be established the first week of the semester
WEEK 1: Getting to know your classmates, studio routines, tools, supplies, equipment. Advanced students are a great help as beginners need the extra attention.
Thanks for any assistance you can provide to help all feel welcomed and encouraged...remember the time when you were new to class and others helped you get acquainted with clay... Here's your chance to GIVE BACK!
*Choosing a Concentration- more info in class-handout provided
Adv. Ceramics class: Week 2 and Beyond...
Read the Advanced Ceramics Syllabus and complete the Concentration Submission form: Due 9/5/25
Submit sketches, ideas, and plans for your Concentration Series and be ready to create 7 projects in your chosen Concentration throughout the semester. You must be able to show growth in each lesson, chosen project.
Each Project Critique MUST INCLUDE:
Objectives (what you plan to learn and/or achieve)
Steps for procedure
Design Techniques
Plans for Glazing or Finishing Touches
Be sure how to explain how each project is relevant to your Concentration you have chosen as your Series...maybe even restate your Concentration to help explain these projects.
NEW THIS SEMESTER!! Advanced Students will share their favorite projects with their class! Advanced students will have the opportunity to GIVE BACK in teaching a lesson created from their favorite hand building techniques or combination.