Printed : 12 / 14 / 2021 Academic Year 2022-2023
Program Code 903062
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 .
First Semester
10-306-200 Ceramics 1 : Hand-Bldg Tech-Beg 10-306-201 Ceramics 2 : Wheel Throwing 10-306-202 Ceramics 3 : Wheel Throw-Interm 10-306-203 Ceramics 4 : Material / Procedure Semester Total
3 3 3 3
12.00
Total Credits 12.00
This program is offered at : NWTC Artisan Center
10-306-200 CERAMICS 1 : HAND-BLDG TECH-BEG ... major techniques used to work with clay . Preparing clay , joining , pinch pots , slab building and coiling methods . Studio safety and basic knowledge about �ring process . Course Typically Offered : Fall / Spring
10-306-201 CERAMICS 2 : WHEEL THROWING ... beginning skills needed to create and develop pottery thrown on a wheel . Preparing clay , centering , opening , throwing , collaring , shaping and trimming . Glaze application and adding handles / spouts . ( Prerequisite : 10-306-200 , Ceramics 1 : Hand-Bldg Tech-Beg ) Course Typically Offered : Fall / Spring
10-306-202 CERAMICS 3 : WHEEL THROW-INTERM ... continuing work from Ceramics 1 and 2 . Practicing the basic techniques of throwing and attaching elements , exploring formal elements . Methods of critique will also be expanded upon . ( Prerequisite : 10-306-201 , Ceramics 2 : Wheel Throwing ) Course Typically Offered : Fall / Spring
10-306-203 CERAMICS 4 : MATERIAL / PROCEDURE ... run a contemporary studio . Locating and testing clays , creating glazes , and studying ceramic materials . Load and �re contemporary electric kilns ; build and �re primitive kilns . ( Prerequisite : 10- 306-202 , Ceramics 3 : Wheel Throw-Interm ) Course Typically Offered : Fall / Spring
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