The Clay Certi cate, offered at the NWTC Artisan & Business
Center on Cedar Street in Green Bay, will give students the
opportunity to learn new skills or expand their existing skills
in the area of hand-building techniques, wheel throwing and
materials and procedures, as well as the development of
ideas, methods of critique, and running a contemporary clay
studio. The studio includes a variety of pottery wheels, ample
work space, and kilns. Students in the certi cate will not need
any prior training or art classes; however, courses should be
taken in the order listed.
• Create coiled pots, pinched bowls, plates, and other distinct
forms.
• Throw several forms, including; a bowl, plate, and cup.
• Apply texture to a form while on the wheel.
• Throw a pitcher form, add or pull a spout and attach a
handle.
• Recreate a simple form from a contemporary or historic
wheel thrown vessel.
• Create lidded forms.
• Glaze work and produce a series of work from found
materials and developed glazes.
Curriculum
Catalog No. Description
Credits
10-306-200 Ceramics 1: Hand-Bldg Tech-Beg 3
10-306-201 Ceramics 2: Wheel Throwing 3
10-306-202 Ceramics 3: Wheel Throw-Interm 3
10-306-203 Ceramics 4: Material/Procedure 3
Certi cate Total
12
136