Course Title: Ceramics: Hand-building

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Ceramics: Hand-building

Credit Points: 12

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
VART3010	City Campus	Undergraduate	340H Art	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Kevin White

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2517

Course Coordinator Email:kevin.white@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bld 2.B.9

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 range of ceramic hand-building techniques.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Students will develop competencies in a range of hand-building techniques including coil and slab building in the construction of both functional and non-functional objects within a Fine Art context. Students will be introduced to a range of clay bodies including paperclay and through studio based lectures gain a knowledge of contemporary practice in the field. Students will be encouraged to engage in independent research in the pursuit and development of a personal aesthetic.

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

Assessment is through presentation of a resolved folio of work that reflects the criteria of set projects and assignments as outlined by lecturer – 100%