Roger Dale

Students in this course will receive instruction on the development of traditional and contemporary styles of pottery and sculpture. Students can gain skills in the production of pottery through using the potter’s wheel, as well as jiggering, extruding clay forms, hand-building, and slip-casting methods. In addition, students will learn various techniques for decorating forms, glazing, and firing their pieces in the ceramic kiln. In the area of sculpture, students will explore the realistic and abstract interpretations of developing forms. They will also work with a variety of materials including foam core, gator board, wood, paper clay, and other synthetic and natural media.

Everyday when a student is taking a visual art class in a studio environment, it is a never ending process of creative activities.

Thinking and being involved in the mental as well as the hands on processes, can mean participants may never be on the same page or project at the same time. Some students work very diligently while others work at a multitude of different paces.

Unlike in many classes, my choice is that a student should always strive for quality in their work rather than to just get it done.

Ceramics and Sculpture  2011 •2012

Starting  this second Quarter the students in Ceramics will still be involved in the many aspects and different techniques related to the unique creative making of pottery forms. In addition they will also be learning many of the tricks of the trade that are used in the creating of many different finishing techniques, exploring glazing and kiln temperature levels used to have productive and professional examples of ceramic products.

Each student will be graded as each piece is completed until the end of this semester.