1) Ceramic Sculpture
- Coil Construction -
technique used to ensure structures that are free from cracks
and weaknesses. Coil construction can be used to make hollow,
three dimensional forms of almost any design and size. The
sculpture is designed first with a marquette (small version) which is
referred to - then be put together in the best manner to form the three
dimensional form.
- Pinch work -
a technique which massages and shapes a ball of clay into a hollow that
can then be manipulated to be a part of a larger sculpture or a small
object.
- Slab Construction - when a design is made from flat slabs, then joined together to form the three dimensional form
- Segment Construction - when the object is built using unrelated, irregular segments and joined on the inside.
2) Wheel Work
- The practices of preparing clay for the wheel, centering,
opening up the form, etc. toward a pot of good shape and thickness.
Basic steps take practice, but with repetition, a reasonable
number of competant pots are possible within a few hours or days.
3) Mould Making
- Making moulds for reproduction in ceramics requires an
understanding of the processes and good design, which will allow
the best outcomes. The steps are to make an object that a mould
can be made from, then the bedding in process follows, then the setting
up and casting. The other side is then prepared and poured.
Basics will be demonstrated and the methods undertaken by the
student.
4) Decorating Techniques
- There are many many ways of decorating ceramics. You
can stamp designs, scratch, paint, apply coloured slips, sgraffito
designs, carve, paint, print, add layers to, use fabrics, etc etc etc.
Some of these techniques can be shown depending on the
projects undertaken by the student.
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5) Pottery Workshop Processes and Practices
- Discussions on
clays - their diversity and their differing qualities - how and why we
use them
- The use and
processes of equipment used
- Kiln packing and
firing
- Photography
and recording your work through digital images
6) Drawing
- Observing and
recording an object faithfully with a pencil - a study in realism
- Diversifying
images through different approaches to design - a holiday of the mind
through drawing
- Playing around
with different techniques using other drawing mediums and materials -
getting experimental
- Life
drawing from a live model.
7)
Painting
- Learning the process of working with acrylics or oil
paints - the basics
- Developing a design for a painting - how to build up
an idea, how to approach the canvas.
- Layering with paint - developing areas of colour and
techniques with paint.
- Portraiture, landscapes, still life's, abstract,
expressionist and impressionist approaches can be explored.
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