Teaching Packet
Student Work Samples
Katie Krajicek, Jenny Taylor, Brooke Sattler,
Chloe Dana, Audrey Barrett, Emily Manos, Et al.
Undergraduate Non Art Majors
Stoneware Cone 10 Reduction
6-8 in H
CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2014-Spring 2015
Making a well-crafted cylinder is the foundation of students' introduction to throwing on the wheel. This assignment asks students to thrown eight inch tall cylinders with straight even walls, a level and considered lip, and an finished undercut foot. The cylinders are then decorated using slips, stencils, scraffito, and carving. The goal is to create a cylinder in which the decoration activates the surface and prompts further visual exploration.
Hayley Brooks, Jerri Mlady, Brooke Sattler, Jenny Taylor, Audrey Barrett, et al.
Stoneware Cone 10 Reduction
Size ranges from 3-6 inches high
Undergraduate Non Art Majors
CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015
The goal of this assignment is to learn simple shaping, handle making, and trimming feet.
Stoneware Cone 10 Reduction
4 in H X 5 in W
Undergraduate Non Art Majors
CERM-131 Spring 2015
The goal of this assignment is to learn to create sets, trim feet, and use various glazing techniques including vinyl masking, over-glaze washes, and glaze layering. Students are asked to consider a variety of forms by sketching profiles and throwing several different bowl shapes. From those variations they chose one and make a matching set.
Jerri Mlady
Undergraduate Non Art Majors
Earthenware Cone 04 Oxidation
11 in H
CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015
As an introduction to hard and soft slabs, students build a chalice or other vessel. These vessels introduce students to low-fire clay and glazes and provide an opportunity for them to explore majolica decoration.
Chloe Dana
Undergraduate Non Art Major
Earthenware Cone 04 Oxidation
17 in H
CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015
The historical vessel with a contemporary surface is a research-based assignment in which each student reproduces a historical vessel form in an eighteen inch coil built vessel. It is then decorated using white slip and scraffito to create a contemporary narrative relating to the student's lives.
Keith Buswell
Undergraduate Art Major
Earthenware Cone 04 Oxidation
17 in H
CERM-231 ¬ Beginning Ceramics - Fall 2014
Keith chose to reproduce a Moche vessel with pronounced skeletal features. The imagery and narrative developed for the vessel reflect the impact of global warming on the planet.
Hailey Luken
Undergraduate Non Art Major
Earthenware and terra sigillata
10in H X 20in W X 8in D
CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015
As a part of this slab building assignment students must produce multiple sketches and a scale model. They learn how preparation and planning can contribute to their success.
Ji Won Choi
Undergraduate Art Minor
Earthenware and terra sigillata
14in H X 8in W X 6in D
CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015
As a part of this assignment students are taught how to document their work using a SLR digital camera, tripod, and backdrop. Photograph by Ji Won Choi.
Kelly Kretchmer
Undergraduate Non Art Major
Earthenware and terra sigillata
CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Fall 2014
During the class critique the pieces are installed in a gallery space. The class discusses not only the success of the works themselves, but also the way installation, lighting, and presentation affect how a work of art is perceived.
Hannah Demma
Undergraduate Art Major
Earthenware, and mixed media
72 in H
CERM-232 Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture - Fall 2015 (GTA)
The Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture class builds on the foundation developed in beginning ceramics. It is designed to teach the aesthetic and technical skills needed to create sculptural work from ceramic materials. Assignments are based on building methods or skills that allow students to begin developing content and a personal aesthetic. This assignment was to work with multiples. Hannah made over 1000 ceramic buttons that were then sewn to her mother's wedding gown.
Emma Johnson
Undergraduate Art Major
Earthenware and terra sigillata
58in H X 13in W X 13in D
CERM-232 Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture - Fall 2015 (GTA)
The Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture class builds on the foundation developed in beginning ceramics. It is designed to teach the aesthetic and technical skills needed to create sculptural work from ceramic materials. For this assignment the goal is to create a piece that exceeds three feet in any dimension. The body of this rat was built solid, cut apart and hollowed out, and then reassembled.
Amy Sanders
Undergraduate Art Major
Press molded white earthenware, terra sigillata, underglaze, and gold luster
36in L X 36in W X 6in H
ART – 340 Advanced Ceramics – Fall 2018
The Advanced Ceramics class builds on the foundation developed in beginning ceramics. Assignments are based on building methods or skills that allow students to begin developing content and a personal aesthetic. This piece utilizes the multiple to investigate China’s one child policy.
Regine Crawford
Undergraduate Art Major
Cone 10 oxidation
72in L X 72in W X 6in H
ART – 340 Advanced Ceramics – Fall 2018
These cups are part of a 45-piece set. They use words and their synonyms to describe emotions that have had a major effect on the student’s life.
Micheala Swiger
Undergraduate Art Major
thrown and altered
cone 10 stoneware
7in H X 8in W X 3in D
ART – 440 Ceramics Capstone – Fall 2018
In the Ceramics Capstone class students work to create a cohesive portfolio. They develop a body of work and have a solo exhibition, write an artist statement and resume, document their work, and give an artist talk. Michaela’s work focused on creating narratives that captured her conflicting views on coal and her identity as a person from rural Appalachia.
Erin Zirkle
Undergraduate Art Major
Earthenware, terra sigillata and stain
10in H X 5in W X 6in D
ART – 340 Advanced Ceramics – Fall 2018
Sketching and model making is an important part of each assignment.
Felix Pyron, KT Tiereny, Charles McCay, Larry Whittington, Hannah Vincent, and Stephani Alaniz
Undergraduate and Graduate Art Majors
Cone 6 Porcelain and Cone 10 Stoneware
4-6in H
ART – 593 3D Printing and Modeling – Spring 2018-2019
In this class students learn various computer aided design software. These pieces were modeled with Fusion 360, Tinker CAD, and Oculus Medium and then printed in various clays on a delta clay printer.
KT Tierney
Graduate Student, Ceramics
Scans printed on the Delta Clay Printer
Cone 6 porcelain and underglaze
3in H X 6in W X 3in H
ART – 593 3D Printing and Modeling – Spring 2019
This student used a hand-held Sense Scanner to create a portrait bust model that was then printed in porcelain.
KT Tierney
Graduate Student, Ceramics
Scans printed in PLA and cast in Bronze
2.5in H X 2.5in W X 4in H
ART – 593 3D Printing and Modeling – Spring 2019
The hand-held Sense Scanner was used to create a portrait bust that was altered in Tinker CAD and printed in PLA. The PLA print was then used to make an investment mold and cast in bronze.
Erin McCarty
Graduate Student, Ceramicsn
Stoneware
Cone 10 Reduction
20in H x 14in W x 1in D
ART – 593 3D Printing and Modeling – Spring 2019
For this assignment students create models of clay cutters and texture stamps. The models are then printed in plastic and used to create a set of tessellating tiles.
Tyler Stonestreet
Graduate Student, Ceramics
Slip cast porcelain Cone 10 reduction
7in H X 3in W X 3in D