Syllabus
Art 2752 Throwing: Skills and Concepts
Instructor: Chris Pickett
Class Time: Tuesday & Thursday, Period 8 – 10, 3pm – 6pm, Office Hours (FAC B12) Thursday 2-3; or by appointment
Contact: cpickettt@hotmail.com
Instructor: Chris Pickett
Class Time: Tuesday & Thursday, Period 8 – 10, 3pm – 6pm, Office Hours (FAC B12) Thursday 2-3; or by appointment
Contact: cpickettt@hotmail.com
Course Description:
Throwing: Skills and Concepts is an introduction to wheel throwing, pottery form, functional design and aesthetics. Students are challenged to use personal content to make aesthetic judgments in developing functional pottery.
Throwing: Skills and Concepts is an introduction to wheel throwing, pottery form, functional design and aesthetics. Students are challenged to use personal content to make aesthetic judgments in developing functional pottery.
Course objectives:
After completing the course, students will be able to:
• Use the potters wheel to create shapes
• Design and make functional pottery using wheel-thrown forms, including considerations for form as well as surface. This includes the use of slips and glazes
• Load and fire electric kilns
• Evaluate pottery in the areas of form, surface, function, and artistic content
• Use functional pottery as a vehicle for aesthetic expression
• Be familiar with time periods and cultures in ceramic history that used the wheel to create functional ceramic art
After completing the course, students will be able to:
• Use the potters wheel to create shapes
• Design and make functional pottery using wheel-thrown forms, including considerations for form as well as surface. This includes the use of slips and glazes
• Load and fire electric kilns
• Evaluate pottery in the areas of form, surface, function, and artistic content
• Use functional pottery as a vehicle for aesthetic expression
• Be familiar with time periods and cultures in ceramic history that used the wheel to create functional ceramic art
Methods of instruction:
Five projects will increase your skill in using the potter’s wheel to make functional art. Each project will include readings, research, and sketches that help you to develop pottery forms. Students will work in groups to fire kilns. In group critiques, you will discuss and evaluate the concepts, methods, and craftsmanship of each project. Your goal is to learn to talk about art work, and consider the strengths and weakness of the works produced. Students will be tested on materials, vocabulary, and ceramic history.
Five projects will increase your skill in using the potter’s wheel to make functional art. Each project will include readings, research, and sketches that help you to develop pottery forms. Students will work in groups to fire kilns. In group critiques, you will discuss and evaluate the concepts, methods, and craftsmanship of each project. Your goal is to learn to talk about art work, and consider the strengths and weakness of the works produced. Students will be tested on materials, vocabulary, and ceramic history.
Course Requirements:
Final Grades are based on a 100-percentile scale. Grades are based on:
Final Grades are based on a 100-percentile scale. Grades are based on:
75% Five studio projects -Each project includes readings, research, and sketches
15% Tests on materials, vocabulary, process, and ceramic art history
10% Participation in class discussions, presentation of discussion material, loading and firing kilns, communal attitude toward studio
15% Tests on materials, vocabulary, process, and ceramic art history
10% Participation in class discussions, presentation of discussion material, loading and firing kilns, communal attitude toward studio
Materials and supplies:
Students will need to purchase the following:
Sketchbook
Small bucket, Pin/needle tool, flexible metal and/or rubber rib, fettling knife, cut- wire, and sponge.
Trim tools: Pear-shaped, square-edged and round trim tools will be needed.
Bat Pins: 1/4” socket head cap screws with 3/8” head
Brushes for slip, glazing, and wax resist. They do not need to be expensive but several sizes and shapes of soft bristle brushes would be helpful.
Shop towel and apron
Plastic to cover work. Clear plastic painter’s drop cloth is a great source of plastic.
Bulb syringe or squirt bottles. Both infant enema and Miss Clairol bottles from the beauty supply will work well.
EXACTO knife
Clay: Students purchase red earthenware at the cost of $ 9.25 per 25-pound bag. Students will buy clay tickets for $9.25 each at the bookstore. The ticket is filled in and is submitted to your instructor to pick up the purchased clay in the Ceramics department. Please plan so you have clay and are prepared to work in class. Clay will be available during class and during posted hours.
Materials Lab fee: $35. Lab fee covers the cost of consumables, such as wax resist, cones for firing, kiln wash, glaze, and other items needed for student use. Pay $35.00 for ONE lab fee ticket at the bookstore, fill the ticket in, and present to your instructor.
Students will need to purchase the following:
Sketchbook
Small bucket, Pin/needle tool, flexible metal and/or rubber rib, fettling knife, cut- wire, and sponge.
Trim tools: Pear-shaped, square-edged and round trim tools will be needed.
Bat Pins: 1/4” socket head cap screws with 3/8” head
Brushes for slip, glazing, and wax resist. They do not need to be expensive but several sizes and shapes of soft bristle brushes would be helpful.
Shop towel and apron
Plastic to cover work. Clear plastic painter’s drop cloth is a great source of plastic.
Bulb syringe or squirt bottles. Both infant enema and Miss Clairol bottles from the beauty supply will work well.
EXACTO knife
Clay: Students purchase red earthenware at the cost of $ 9.25 per 25-pound bag. Students will buy clay tickets for $9.25 each at the bookstore. The ticket is filled in and is submitted to your instructor to pick up the purchased clay in the Ceramics department. Please plan so you have clay and are prepared to work in class. Clay will be available during class and during posted hours.
Materials Lab fee: $35. Lab fee covers the cost of consumables, such as wax resist, cones for firing, kiln wash, glaze, and other items needed for student use. Pay $35.00 for ONE lab fee ticket at the bookstore, fill the ticket in, and present to your instructor.
Required Text: The Basics of Throwing, a Practical Approach to Form and Design by David Cohen
Firing: We will be oxidation-firing using electric kilns. You are required to help load, fire, and unload work as part of the participation grade.
Please read Welcome to UF Ceramics, online at:http://lindaarbuckle.com/uf_ceramics/welcome_to_uf_ceramics.pdf
This covers studio procedures and policies. A copy is also posted in the classroom.
Please read the class blog online at http://throwingskills.blogspot.com/.
All project assignments will be posted to the blog.
Attendance Policy:
The ceramic process requires time and dedication. On your third unexcused absence, your grade will be lowered by one letter. On your fourth, your grade will be lowered an additional letter grade. If you have five unexcused absences, you automatically fail the class. Three tardies will count as one absence. Being tardy occurs when a student arrives more than 15 minutes late or leaves more than 15 minutes early.
In general, acceptable reasons for absence include illness, serious family emergencies, military obligation, severe weather conditions, religious holidays, jury duty, extra curricular requirements (e.g. field trips or professional conferences), and participation in official university activities such as music performances, athletic competition, or debate. For your absence to be excused for the following reasons you must present me with documentation the day your return to class. See http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationattendance.html for more detail.
Students who miss work deadlines with excused absence are responsible for submitting the work due to me before the beginning of the next class meeting to avoid being considered late. If an excused absence has affected the student’s ability to work, the student is responsible for discussing this with me before the due date. Unexcused absences will not suspend due dates.
Ceramic work is fragile. Studio accidents or kiln issues may cause work to break. While all due care will be exercised, I must have finished work to assign a grade for a project. Work that blows up or is broken before completion will require re-making for grading. If your work is destroyed in progress, please show this to me and we will discuss what must be done to achieve a finished project for grading. In the case of involved projects where the loss is not the student’s fault, abridged project parameters may be negotiated and due dates adjusted.
Firing: We will be oxidation-firing using electric kilns. You are required to help load, fire, and unload work as part of the participation grade.
Please read Welcome to UF Ceramics, online at:http://lindaarbuckle.com/uf_ceramics/welcome_to_uf_ceramics.pdf
This covers studio procedures and policies. A copy is also posted in the classroom.
Please read the class blog online at http://throwingskills.blogspot.com/.
All project assignments will be posted to the blog.
Attendance Policy:
The ceramic process requires time and dedication. On your third unexcused absence, your grade will be lowered by one letter. On your fourth, your grade will be lowered an additional letter grade. If you have five unexcused absences, you automatically fail the class. Three tardies will count as one absence. Being tardy occurs when a student arrives more than 15 minutes late or leaves more than 15 minutes early.
In general, acceptable reasons for absence include illness, serious family emergencies, military obligation, severe weather conditions, religious holidays, jury duty, extra curricular requirements (e.g. field trips or professional conferences), and participation in official university activities such as music performances, athletic competition, or debate. For your absence to be excused for the following reasons you must present me with documentation the day your return to class. See http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationattendance.html for more detail.
Students who miss work deadlines with excused absence are responsible for submitting the work due to me before the beginning of the next class meeting to avoid being considered late. If an excused absence has affected the student’s ability to work, the student is responsible for discussing this with me before the due date. Unexcused absences will not suspend due dates.
Ceramic work is fragile. Studio accidents or kiln issues may cause work to break. While all due care will be exercised, I must have finished work to assign a grade for a project. Work that blows up or is broken before completion will require re-making for grading. If your work is destroyed in progress, please show this to me and we will discuss what must be done to achieve a finished project for grading. In the case of involved projects where the loss is not the student’s fault, abridged project parameters may be negotiated and due dates adjusted.
It is part of the assignment to do assigned readings and preparation for the projects. Students are expected to do the readings assigned on the project sheets by the next class meeting from the calendar date assigned, and be prepared to discuss the material. Fulfilling assignments includes research sketches, following the project criteria, presenting the work on the assigned dates, and participating in group critiques and discussions.
Sketchbooks are a necessary tool for artists. Regular use throughout the semester is part of developing ideas. Additionally, a sketchbook may function as an archive for your ideas and a record of thoughts and work produced. It takes regular exercise in using a sketchbook to help you grow as an artist.
Clay is a wonderful material and will do many things, but it cannot be rushed or neglected without consequences. It takes regular practice and attention to develop skills and firing techniques. This will take studio time outside of scheduled class hours. You must make MORE than the required number of works to achieve the appropriate number of successful finished pieces.
Clean up of workspace is required. Please have a proprietary attitude about the shop, and leave it clean, regardless of the condition you find it. This includes cleaning up wheels, table space, sink, and floor, as well as glaze room areas and kiln unloading cleanup. Working in built-up clay dust is a health hazard. We all work on this together, and the added effort and team spirit contributes greatly to the safe, effective, and enjoyable use of the area by a large number of people. Please read and observe shop procedures and rules. If in doubt, please ask me, Linda Arbuckle, Nan Smith, Ray Gonzalez (Ceramics Teaching and Technical Assistant), or any of the very able graduate students in Ceramics. We appreciate your co-operation. Please remove all work and personal equipment from classrooms at the end of the semester. Anything left in the classrooms is considered abandoned and will be discarded.
Academic Honesty policy:
If you are unfamiliar with UF’s Academic Honesty Policy, please refer to the University website http://www.dso.ufl.edu/judicial/honestybrochure.htm. This defines an academic honesty offense as “the act of lying, cheating, or stealing academic information so that one gains academic advantage.” Projects made for this class may NOT be submitted to any other class for credit unless both faculty have given prior approval. Failure to follow this rule will be considered academic dishonesty.
If you are unfamiliar with UF’s Academic Honesty Policy, please refer to the University website http://www.dso.ufl.edu/judicial/honestybrochure.htm. This defines an academic honesty offense as “the act of lying, cheating, or stealing academic information so that one gains academic advantage.” Projects made for this class may NOT be submitted to any other class for credit unless both faculty have given prior approval. Failure to follow this rule will be considered academic dishonesty.
Accommodations:
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to me when requesting accommodation.
Dean of Students Office Phone: 392-1261 http://www.dso.ufl.edu/drp
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to me when requesting accommodation.
Dean of Students Office Phone: 392-1261 http://www.dso.ufl.edu/drp
Counseling Services:
The Counseling Center provides counseling and consultation services to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students and their spouses/partners. The Center offers brief counseling and therapy to help students confront personal, academic, and career concerns. The primary goal of counseling is to help students develop the personal awareness and skills necessary to overcome problems and to grow and develop in ways that will allow them to take advantage of the educational opportunities at the university. Counseling Center web site: http://www.counsel.ufl.edu
The Counseling Center is located at P301 Peabody Hall (352) 392-1575
The Counseling Center provides counseling and consultation services to currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students and their spouses/partners. The Center offers brief counseling and therapy to help students confront personal, academic, and career concerns. The primary goal of counseling is to help students develop the personal awareness and skills necessary to overcome problems and to grow and develop in ways that will allow them to take advantage of the educational opportunities at the university. Counseling Center web site: http://www.counsel.ufl.edu
The Counseling Center is located at P301 Peabody Hall (352) 392-1575
Other Notes:
Students are expected to be present, prepared and ready to start class promptly at 3:00pm. Please turn off cell phones and put laptops away during class time.
Students are expected to be present, prepared and ready to start class promptly at 3:00pm. Please turn off cell phones and put laptops away during class time.
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