Faculty Syllabus

Austin Community College  

ARTS 2347: Ceramics 2, Classroom 

Thomas Holton

Ceramics 2, Lec F  9:00am-10:50am; Lab F 10:50am-2:45pm

Synonym: 36985 ARTS 2347-001

Office hours: T TH 5:00-6pm, and by appointment

Office location: HLC 4.2410.30 Office Phone: 512-223-7660 

thomas.holton@austincc.edu

ACGM Common Course Description:  

Continued exploration of ideas using ceramic processes. Credit hours: 3

Classroom Contact Hours per week:  1 hour 50 minutes

Laboratory Contact Hours per week: 3 hours 30 minutes

Prerequisites: ARTS 1311-Design 1 (2-Dimensional), ARTS 1312-Design 2 (3-

Dimensional), and ARTS 2346-Ceramics 1 (or departmental approval). Instructors may recommend skills to succeed in course. 

Course Delivery Method for Ceramics Classroom F2F:  

The 16 week Fall Ceramics 2 courses will be delivered in the classroom, f2f (face to face); unless changes are made to move to a Hybrid Class delivery method, due to compliance with ACC Covid-19 policies and procedures. Instruction will be provided both in the Ceramics lab and online.  

Course Rationale: The purpose of Ceramics II is to provide each student with a specific ceramic experience extended from their knowledge of design and drawing on which to build the visual thinking skills, knowledge of historical and contemporary art forms, technical approach to materials and the methods for channeling individual creative energies.

Common Course Learning Outcomes: 

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Possess a higher level of perceptual awareness translated into ceramic form.
• Demonstrate confidence in and strategies toward individual creativity.
• Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary and historic artistic models.
• Demonstrate knowledge of art as cultural information.
• Perform exercises in visualization and critical thinking.
• Perform refined, higher level technical practices.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and performed safe and effective studio practices.

ACC Specific Course Learning Outcomes:  

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Work with a plastic, three-dimensional medium in the creation of utilitarian and sculptural ceramic forms.
• Use hand-building techniques of coil and slab methods and molds.
• Use the potter's wheel in making functional forms that are technically correct in relation to the "lip, neck, body and foot".
• Formulate and compute glazes.
• Demonstrate knowledge of glaze application, decorative methods, and firing methods.
• Demonstrate planning and patience in carrying through a project in multi-step system while maintaining the integrity of the work area.
• Utilize elements and principles of design in the development of ceramic forms.
• Present their work in a professional manner.

Required Texts/Materials: There is no required textbook for this course, various pdf. and word. docx. forms will be uploaded in Black Board under Useful Links, Videos, Assignments and Opportunities sections. You will need to purchase a sketch book for taking notes and drawing out your designs. 

*Clay will also need to be purchased for the course; basic tools are provided.

Jerry’s Artarama at 512-420-9359. 6010 N. Interstate Hwy 35, Austin, TX 78752 https://www.jerrysretailstores.com/austin-tx/?utm_source=GMBlisting&utm_medium=organic

Armadillo Clay and Supplies at 512-385-7371. 3307 E. 4th Street Austin, TX 78702 http://www.armadilloclay.com/

Other materials you may consider purchasing or finding include:

Bucket for your tools 

Pencil and Pens for note taking

Personal Towel

Pottery Plaster No.1

Serrated Metal Rib 

Additional Clay as needed

Additional Source Materials, General Ceramic Books, Technical, Aesthetics and Historical

Glass Notes: A Reference for the Glass Artist, Henry Halem 

Ceramics A Potter’s Handbook, Glen Nelson

Working with Clay, Susan Peterson

The Craft and Art of Clay, Susan Peterson

A Potters Book, Bernard Leach

Hands in Clay: An Introduction to Ceramics, Charlotte F. Speight

A Potter’s Workbook, Clary Illian

Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose, Robin Hopper

Pottery Form, Daniel Rhodes

Wood Fired Stoneware and Porcelain, Jack Troy

The Potter’s Complete Book of Clay and Glazes, James Chappell

The Potter’s Palette, Christine Constant, Steve Ogden (Contributor)

Ceramic Faults and Their Remedies, Harry Fraser

The Encyclopedia of Ceramic Techniques, Peter Consentino

Ceramics, Phillip Rawson

Contemporary Ceramics, Susan Peterson

Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art & Life of George E. Ohr, Garth Clark Post Modern Ceramics, Mark Del Vecchio

Periodicals and Websites: Google Search

Ceramics Monthly https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/magazines-subscriptions/ceramics-monthly/ Ceramics: Art and Perception https://www.mansfieldceramics.com/clay-gulgong/about/

American Ceramics

Studio Potter https://studiopotter.org/

Ceramics Technical

Ceramic Review

Pottery Making Illustrated Clay Times

Keramik

Sculpture Magazine www.sculpture.org

NCECA- National Council for the Education of Ceramic Art. www.nceca.net/

Course Rationale: The purpose of Ceramics II is to provide each student with a specific ceramic experience extended from their knowledge of design and drawing on which to build the visual thinking skills, knowledge of historical and contemporary art forms, technical approach to materials and the methods for channeling individual creative energies.

Common Course Learning Outcomes: 

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Possess a higher level of perceptual awareness translated into ceramic form.
• Demonstrate confidence in and strategies toward individual creativity.
• Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary and historic artistic models.
• Demonstrate knowledge of art as cultural information.
• Perform exercises in visualization and critical thinking.
• Perform refined, higher level technical practices.
• Demonstrate knowledge of and performed safe and effective studio practices.

ACC Specific Course Learning Outcomes:  

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Work with a plastic, three-dimensional medium in the creation of utilitarian and sculptural ceramic forms.
• Use hand-building techniques of coil and slab methods and molds.
• Use the potter's wheel in making functional forms that are technically correct in relation to the "lip, neck, body and foot".
• Formulate and compute glazes.
• Demonstrate knowledge of glaze application, decorative methods, and firing methods.
• Demonstrate planning and patience in carrying through a project in multi-step system while maintaining the integrity of the work area.
• Utilize elements and principles of design in the development of ceramic forms.
• Present their work in a professional manner.