ART 2365 — Alternative Kiln Fired Ceramics: Wood, Raku, Soda
| Lecture/Lab Students will explore various alternative firing techniques and the artistic and cultural history behind each technique. Firing techniques covered vary by course offering and may include techniques such as wood firing, Raku, sawdust firings, soda glazing, the use of saggars at different temperatures, vapor glazes and primitive pit kilns. Surface treatments that enhance the uniqueness of the firing are stressed. Students will design and construct forms based on hand building and/or wheel-throwing techniques and participate in glaze mixing, kiln firing and kiln preparations including fuel preparation. Students will also be introduced to a variety of historical and contemporary ceramic works through lectures that introduce the elements and principles of aesthetic language and include art theory and criticism concerns of sculptural, as well as, functional clay forms. MNTC Goal Area(s): 06