Course Title: Ceramics Studio 1A2 - Form and Surface

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Ceramics Studio 1A2 - Form and Surface

Credit Points: 12

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
VART1893	City Campus	Undergraduate	340H Art	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008
VART2029	Hong Kong Arts Centre	Undergraduate	340H Art	Face-to-Face	Offsh 2 09, Offsh 1 10, Offsh1 12

Course Coordinator: Sally Cleary

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 3858

Course Coordinator Email:sally.cleary@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bld 4.1.1B

Course Coordinator Availability: Via Appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

Course Description

This course is focused around developing personalised approaches to contemporary ceramics within a Fine Art context. It offers students an opportunity to work with a broad range of ceramic forming processes.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

The course aims to:
Develop the student’s capacity to address conceptual,perceptual,formal and aesthetic concerns as related to ceramics
Develop the student’s materials skills base in clay forming and ceramic processing techniques as relevant to the development of a personal aesthetic
Encourage and support student’s self reliance in undertaking and initiating independent research as an integral part of the student’s professioanl and artistic development

Overview of Learning Activities

Learning will take place through a program of lectures,demonstrations and studio based learning. A program of individual tutorials and group critiques will be scheduled to review progress and to develop the capacity for aesthetic judgement and self analysis.

Overview of Learning Resources

Recommended References:
Blandino, Betty, Coiled Pottery, Roseville East, NSW: Craftsman House, 1997.
Blandino, Betty, The Figure in Fired Clay, Woodstock, NY., Overlook Press, 2002.
Carnegie, Daphne, Tin-Glazed Earthenware, A & C Black, London, 1995
Clark, Garth, American Potters, The Work of 20 Modern Masters, New York, NY., Watson Guptil, 1981.
Macintosh HD:Desktop Folder:Ceramics:Subject Guides: Ceramics 1A1 Course Guide 2004
Constant, Christine, Ogden, Steve, Potter’s Palette, Radnor Philadelphia, Chilton Book Company, 1996.
Currie, Ian, Stoneware Glazes, Queensland, Bootstrap Press, 2000.
Daly, Greg, Glazes and Glazing Techniques,
De Boos, Janet, Handbook for Australian Potters, Sydney, Methuen, 1978.
Hopper, Robin, The Ceramic Spectrum, Chilton Book Company, Pennsylvania, 1984.
Clark, Garth, American Potters, The Work of 20 Modern Masters, New York, NY., Watson Guptil, 1981.
Macintosh HD:Desktop Folder:Ceramics:Subject Guides: Ceramics 1A1 Course Guide 2004
Constant, Christine, Ogden, Steve, Potter’s Palette, Radnor Philadelphia, Chilton Book Company, 1996.
Currie, Ian, Stoneware Glazes, Queensland, Bootstrap Press, 2000.
Daly, Greg, Glazes and Glazing Techniques,
De Boos, Janet, Handbook for Australian Potters, Sydney, Methuen, 1978.
Hopper, Robin, The Ceramic Spectrum, Chilton Book Company, Pennsylvania, 1984.
Lynn, Martha Drexler, The Clay Art of Adrian Saxe, Thames and Hudson, London 1994.
Pegrum, Brenda, Painted Ceramics, Colour and Imagery on Clay, Crowood Press, Wiltshire, 1999.
Perry, Barbara, (ed.), American Ceramics, the collection of the Everson Museum of Art
Peters, Lynn, Surface Decoration for Low-Fire Ceramics, Capricorn Link, NWS., 1999.
Peterson, Susan, Jun Kaneko, Calmann and King, London, 2001
Peterson, Susan, The Craft and Art of Clay, Laurence King Publishing, London, 1995.
Rawson, Phillip, Ceramics, London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971
Rawson, Phillip, Sculpture, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1997.
Wood, Nigel, Oriental Glazes, Sydney, Craftsman House, 1999.

Rawson, Phillip, Ceramics
A generalist and accessible text which takes an overview of ceramics in history, and our relationship to the traditions of functional ceramics.
Dormer, Peter, Trends and Traditions

JOURNALS
Pottery in Australia, Turramurra, N.S.W : Potters’ Society of Australia, 1962-
Ceramics Art and Perception Sydney, Australia : Ceramics: Art and Perception, Pty. Ltd., 1990-
Ceramics Monthly Columbus, Ohio, etc., Professional Publications Crafts London : Crafts Council, 1973-
Studio Potter Goffstown, N.H. : Daniel Clark Foundation, 1972.
American Craft New York : American Craft Council, 1979- (American Craft Council, Membership, 22 W. 55 St., New York, N.Y. 10019)

Overview of Assessment

Presentation of a resolved folio of work as per assignment criteria - 100%