Schedule: * Homework is due the class period after it is assigned unless otherwise noted

Subject to change **Missing intro, demo and critique days will effect your participation grade
*** It is YOUR responsibility to know what is happening on any given day.

Date: Wk Activities
January 20 1 Class Introduction
Intro: Clay - Lecture on clay types, building and surface techniques, utility
Demo: Slab (slab roller) Test tiles
Homework: 20 test tiles/slabs for cube

January 25 2 Intro: Handbuilding Skills Project – Lecture on History and function of Sculpture
Demo: Pinch and coil techniques. Attachment
Due: test tiles/ slabs for cube
Work

January 27 2 Demo: wet surface technique – slip, scrafito, mashima, stamping, slip trailing
Homework: sketches for surface decoration. Sketches for modification (advanced)
Work- work on cube, sphere and cylinder

February 1 3 Due: Sketches

Due: Hand building Skills Project greenware due by middle of class – not end
Intro: Firing
Workday – finish building today

February 3 3 Intro: Throwing Skills Project

Demo: Throwing different shapes
Work – Throwing Skills Project

February 8 4 Demo: glazing

Workday
GLAZE hand building project objects

February 10 4 Demo: Trimming

Work – bowls (have a few thrown, wrap lightly and ready to trim for Wed). Finish glazing

February 15 5 NO CLASS Presidents day ✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌

February 17 5 CRITIQUE hand-building project (mini crit – will take half class)
Work – Throwing Skills Project

February 22 6 Intro: Abstraction Project

Homework: sketches/maquettes
Throwing Skills Project, decoration

February 24 6 Due: Sketches/maquettes for abstraction project

Work- Throwing Skills Project, decoration

March 1 7 Due: Throwing Skills Project due at end of class

March 3 7 Demo: Propping, stilting
Work – Abstraction Project

March 8 8 Intro: Proposed Project, Research Paper

Homework: written proposal (due March 22)
GLAZE Throwning Skills Project
Work – Abstraction Project, glaze

March 10 8 Demo: wrapping your project for spring break

Work – Abstraction Project, glaze

March 15 SPRING BREAK 

March 17 SPRING BREAK 
March 22 9 Due: Written proposal
Homework: Sketches/ maquettes for final project
Work – Abstraction Project

March 24 9 Due: Sketches/ maquettes for final project

Due: Abstraction Project – greenware at end of class
Work – finish Abstraction Project wet surface decoration if desired

March 29 10 Work – begin Pinal Project - yip

March 31 10 NCECA 31st – 3rd

April 5 11 CRITIQUE Throwing Skills Project (mini crit – half class)

Work – Proposed Project

April 7 11 Demo: Handles – pulled, hand built, extruded

Work – Proposed Project
April 12 12 Last day to drop 13th
Work

April 14 12 Due: Research Paper

Work – Proposed Project

April 19 13 Due: Proposed Project – green

April 21 13 GLAZE Abstraction

April 26 14 GLAZE Proposed Project (load)

Demo: gluing

April 28 14 CRITIQUE Abstraction Project

Due: Research paper
May 3 15 Student Exhibition 3rd-13th
Unload Proposed Project – prepare for crit

May 5 15 Studio clean/ prepare for crit

May 10 16 Finals week

2:00 class - CRITIQUE 2:00-4:50

May 12 16 Finals week

5:30 class - CRITIQUE 5:30-7:20

May 21 Grades available to students

Important Project Dates

Project Intro (begin date) Greenware Glaze Critique # wks to work
wet
Hand building skills Jan 25 (jan 25) Feb 1 Feb 8, 10 Feb 17 1 week
Throwing skills Feb 3 (feb 3) Mar 1 Mar 8, 10 Apr 5 3.5 weeks
Abstraction Project Feb 22 (mar 3) Mar 24 Apr 21 Apr 28 3 weeks
Proposed Project Mar 8 (mar 29) April 19 Apr 26 *Finals 3 weeks
Research Paper Mar 8 (mar 8) ---------- ---------- Apr 14 (due) 5.5 weeks
* 2:00 class final May 10 2:00-3:50 * 5:30 class final May 12 5:30-7:20