INSTRUCTOR: BILL SCHRAN OFFICE PHONE: 845-6075
E-MAIL - wschran@nvcc.edu
Prerequisite: Art 154 or instructor's permission
Course Description: Exploration of decorating techniques used in wheelthrown and/or handbuilt functional and non-functional studio ceramics.
Course Objectives: To be able to define, apply and differentiate the various methods of ceramic decoration.
Attendance and Grading: See - General Course Information for All Ceramics Courses.
Techniques to be Explored:
Impressed: Cord, Stamps, Roulettes
Slip Decoration: Paper Resist, Sgraffito, Inlay, Trailing, Mocha
Resists & Masks
Every student will make up their own batch(s) of slip/engobe. White, black and
a few colors may be mixed.
Students should explore decorating various shapes. Cylinders and shallow bowls/plates are a suggested starting point.
Some slip decorating techniques require support of the form being decorated. Each student should make a plate/shallow bowl support form that will be bisque fired.
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August 8, 2004
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