Art2750c Ceramics For Non Majors

3 a studio based introductory course that teaches ceramic art through techniques of handforming.

Art2750c ceramics for non majors. Ceramic artists take elements like clay carbide non metallic materials nitride carbon silicon inorganic materials and crystalline oxide to create any number of artistic or functional items. Ceramics most arts are purely decorative but ceramic pieces have long been a useful part of everyday life earthenware bowls vases and cups date back to the stone age. Focuses on throwing skills and three dimensional design concepts related to the. The emphasis is to enable the student to realize dimensional imagery in clay from sculpture to pottery.

Since the industrial revolution heralded the mass production of many items previously made by hand. Eastern michigan offers more than 200 undergraduate majors and 150 graduate programs. Art 2750c ceramics for non majors spring 2020 university of florida school of art and art history ceramics for non majors spring 2020 m w period 5 7 11 45am 2 45pm credit hours. Art2770c non major throwing credits.

This course is suitable for both the art major and the non art major. Industrial ceramics are commonly understood to be all industrially used materials that are inorganic nonmetallic solids. 3 introduces the making of functional vessels on the potters wheel as expressive art. Students will learn a variety of hand forming processes glazing and.

Usually they are metal oxides that is compounds of metallic elements and oxygen but many ceramics. Art 2750c ceramics for non majors course description. This course is a studio based introduction to ceramic art and processes. Historical and contemporary examples aesthetics and 3d design principles will be highlighted through demonstrations lectures and tutorials.

Other sound reasons may be offered. Ceramic composition and properties atomic and molecular nature of ceramic materials and their resulting characteristics and performance in industrial applications. Art 2750c ceramics for non majors spring 2018 syllabus 3 holidays and participation in official university activities such as music performances athletic competition or debate. Ceramicists are widely considered talented.

Clenahan ufl edu ceramics policies can be found on our class. Absences from class for court imposed legal obligations e g jury duty or subpoena must be excused. Studying ceramics in college is one way of continuing in this long tradition.