3DCR213 - 01 - Drawing In and On Clay

Drawing in and on Clay focuses on drawing as a tool for both two and three dimensionalrepresentation. Classes will be taught in the Ceramic Studios where emphasis is placed on observation, experimentation, and technical exploration along with personal expression. Employing various tools and techniques, students explore the relationships of drawing on paper and clay. Students are given the opportunity to expand their drawing experience into other mediums and dimensions.The ceramic medium challenges artists and designers to draw in space, to marry ideas in surface, color and form. Projects include working with drawing as tool for addressing issues in object making, as well as exploring drawing in clay as finished artwork. Work focuses on the sensorial, the formal and the expressive proprieties of mark making in clay, which is a wonderfully direct and reactive medium. Eye hand synchronic and emotional responds will be used not only to record objects or events, but make visible the world of our imagination. Students explore the ceramic process from surface and form building through to firing work in electric and gas kilns.