Ceramics
- HER-C 204 Beginning Ceramics, Hand Building (3 cr.) Introduction to hand building in clay as both a contemporary sculptural medium and historically rich practice. Students will learn multiple methods to build in clay and develop expressive surfaces, while gaining an understanding of ceramics processes, such as clay mixing, glazing, and firing.
- HER-C 205 Intermediate Hand Building (3 cr.) P: HER-C 204. Designed for non-art majors who wish to continue developing ceramic hand building skills through an exploration of more complex forms expressing individualized ideas, and investigative advanced forming and firing techniques
- HER-C 206 Beginning Ceramics, Wheel Throwing (3 cr.) Focus on wheel throwing as an expressive tool within an overall ceramic experience. Clay vessels will be utilized to develop an understanding of glazing and firing techniques. Traditional forms will be used to expand sensitivity to material and process, and to build an understanding of ceramic history.
- HER-C 208 Intermediate Wheel Throwing (3 cr.) P: HER-C 206. Students develop the skills introduced in C206 with an emphasis on form, decoration, and firing techniques.
- HER-C 304 Ceramics III (3 cr.) P: HER-C 204 and HER-C 206; Herron Undergraduate. Advanced workshop. Focus on students’ conceptual development and self-motivated projects. Heavy concentration on material testing and exploration of firing techniques. Emphasis will be placed on the merging of technique and concept to ready students for entry into a career as a ceramic artist or educator.
- HER-C 305 Ceramics IV (3 cr.) P: HER-C 304 and Herron Undergraduate. Advanced workshop. Focus on students' conceptual development and self-motivated projects. Heavy concentration on material testing and exploration of firing techniques. Emphasis will be placed on the merging of technique and concept to ready students for entry into a career as a ceramic artist or educator.
- HER-C 307 Clay and Glaze Materials (3 cr.) P: HER-C 204 and HER-C 206; Herron Undergraduate. This course is an investigation into the chemistry that makes up clays and glazes. Students develop an understanding of these materials and their interactions by systematically testing a variety of glazes and clay bodies that are used by contemporary ceramic studio artists. Topics include low and high fire glazes, clay bodies, specialty glazes, and clays.
- HER-C 308 Intermediate Wheel Throwing (3 cr.) P: HER-C 206 and Herron Undergraduate. Designed for ceramics majors to further develop wheel throwing skills. Assignments will focus on investigation of contemporary methods that utilize the wheel as a tool for functional as well as sculptural objects. Emphasis is on developing skill through an exploration of more complex forms and investigative surface finishes and firing techniques.
- HER-C 350 Ceramic Workshop (3 cr.) P: HER-C 204 and HER-C 206. Open to Herron majors and non-majors. This course is designed to offer specific focused topics of surface design and alternative firing techniques in the ceramic arts. All methods of forming ceramic objects to be explored in an intensive 3 week workshop environment.
- HER-C 400 Ceramics V (3-6 cr cr.) P: HER-C 304
Study devoted to the student's independent research in ceramics. Emphasis placed on advanced techniques and the development of concepts and philosophies pertinent to the student's direction.
- HER-C 405 Ceramics VI (3-6 cr.) P: HER-C 400 and Herron Undergraduate. Final semester study devoted to the student's independent research in ceramics. Emphasis placed on advanced techniques and the development of concepts and philosophies pertinent to the student's direction culminating in a thesis body of work.
