Process, Design, Creativity and Brainstorming

Craftsmanship, style, personality, positive and negative space, themes, motifs, symmetry, asymmetry, repeated patterns, texture, aesthetics, thumbnails, rough drafts, sketches (3D and 2D), creative risk taking, cylinder, balance, line, implied line, shape, research

Tools and Equipment

Tools:

Wooden tool, scoring tool (pin tool), loop tool, fettling knife, ceramic sponge, cutting wire, dipping tongs,

trimming tools, scraper, ribs, scrapers, etching tool, extruders, templates, pot removers, rolling pins,

throwing sticks, rulers, ceramic sponges, cleaning sponges

Equipment:

Wedging table, slab roller, ceramics throwing wheel, wheel basin, banding Wheel, kiln,

kiln shelves, kiln furniture, boards

Clay Preparation

earthen clay, terracotta, porcelain, wedge, air pockets and bubbles, green ware, bisque ware, glaze ware, kiln firing, clay reconstitution, bone dry, leather hard, shrinking, slip, score, weld, wrapping

Building Techniques

Measuring, right angles, templates/patterns, coils, scoring, slipping, welding, throwing, centering, coning, pulling a wall, trimming a foot, pulling a handle, pinch, coil, slab, sling slab, under cut, lip foot, trim, templates

Decorative Techniques

Etching, carving or incising, texture, imprints, sculptural elements, repeated patterns, patina

Finishing

trimming, smoothing, crisp edges, crisp corners, right angles, glazing (dipping, pouring, painting), under glaze, over glaze, bisque fire, glaze fire, lids, foots, flange, undercut

Effort (part of Process)

Care, time and energy devoted to creating the highest quality and most creative piece that you are able, clean up and level of responsibility for tools and materials, cooperation and team work, class participation and attendance, focus