Calendar Ceramics 1

Fall 2025

Updated to October 31st

August 20 to 22- Introduction to the class-- Syllabus.  What will we make? How will I be graded?-   Procedures and Expectations.  Student information sheet.  Receiving your google classroom ID for class. Pats pledge in the art room. Looking at this web page for references. ALICE and fire drill information.   

August 25 -29-  Notes: anatomy of a vessel, Life Cycle of a vessel, Clay bodies, grog, mold, and tools.  Review- Clay bodies, Anatomy of a vessel, life cycle of a vessel, vocabulary and tools.   Notes about wedging and why- wedging practice-- 2: ram's horn and spiral and checking for air pockets.  Kiln tour.  How to fill out a grade sheet and a grade calculation sheet!  "Do you need help" section on webpage. 

September 2-5   Review Filing out a grade sheet for Pinch Pot-  refresh ram's horn style of wedging and new style- spiral.  Clay is wedged and checked and then formed into a ball.  Step by step directions are posted on the whiteboard in the classroom and on google classroom.  Learning how to use tools:  banding wheel, smooth rib, needle tool and dentist tool- learning how to feel for thinness, trimming the rim.  

September 8-12-- Trimming the rim, smoothing for thinness, adding a foot or feet- handles? Lugs? Decorations?  We learned 5.  Are you meeting or exceeding the standards for the pinch pot?  (these standards are located on your syllabus)

September 15-19   Mid- Quarter- for ceramics, they are progress grades.  B=  you met the standards- you have your pinch pot in greenware and you are working on Coil Mug-  C=  You do not have your pinch pot in greenware. 

First Studio Night Wednesday, September 17th.

September 22-28  All Students are working on Coil Mug Project #2 -We will pause one work day and go over our glazing steps and you learned --2 new terms:  Dryfooting and Crawling.  Glaze Notes- Tuesday, Sept 23rd,  If you have your mug in greenware you can glaze your pinch pot. Studio night 9.24

September 29 -October 3rd-  If you haven't already---  Coil Mug in greenware by  September 29th

October 6-9-- Parent/Teacher conference-steps for project #3--coil bowl are posted.   Remember if your coil mug is not in greenware- make that a priority.  Once your coil mug is in greenware you can glaze your pinch pots.  The kilns are up and running.  

              End of 1st Quarter- October 9th

October 15 to 17--   Short week-  Students should be working on Project #3 Coil Bowl.  Step by step instructions are on the white board.  Studio Night- Thursday, Oct 16th 3:15 to 4:15.

October 20- 24-- Coil Bowl   - Step-by-step directions that are on the whiteboard in the classroom are also in your Google Classroom stream.  A few are onto Concave/ Convex

October 27 -31 -- Coil Bowl should be in greenware by October 28th- but as always the earlier the better!  Many have started this project during Q1  Studio Night - Wednesday, March 19th.

March 24th-28-  

November 3-7  Students are working on Concave/Convex, constructing with coils, paddling, smoothing, shaping and drying.  Studio Night,   if you are behind come on in and join us!!  Mid-Quarter grades include progress on the Concave/Convex project, if they have the coil bowl glazed that was factored in as well.  

November 10-14-   A few are working on their slab lidded box.

November 17-21- 

November 24-25 - Studio night  -Thursday, April 24th, Concave convex should be in greenware by Friday, April 25th.

December 1-5- Studio night- April 30th-working on Slab Lidded Box- learning how to use the slab roller

December 8-12 -- Last day for clay is December.  Studio Night- 

December 15-19   Glazing frenzy!   If you have gaps in your notes make sure you get the information! Review for test.

End of Semester 1

December 19th