Art 394 Wheel Thrown Ceramics
3 units
Prerequisites: None.
Acceptable for credit: UC, CSU Hours: 36 hours lecture, 54 hours laboratory. Description: This course is a comprehensive course in the art of wheel thrown ceramics. The course will provide students with a broad understanding of the ceramics process, from the excavation and composition of clays, to the finished fire glazed wares. There will also be opportunities to participate in the ancient Japanese forms of ceramics known as Raku. Students at all skill levels in ceramics, from introductory through advanced, may take the course. The course may be taken twice for credit.