Tawa College
10 Pottery Designer - Maker (Technology)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs T. Tippett.
This is a technology course, based on learning to design and create products using clay. Clay is a soft material that can be shaped by hand, then fired to make it hard. It is then glazed to decorate it. Pottery is a career field for artsians, which is also known as ceramics. In our highly manufactured world we are beginning to re-value the beauty in the handmade, and having products that are more unique in our homes, rather than mass manufactured. This course provides a creative outlet to understand and work with this ancient material.
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In this course you will learn:
- how to follow a design and make process
- about different types of clay
- about different pottery making techniques
- how to work with clay
- how to develop your creativity
- how to fire and glaze your pottery
This course is a design and make course. You will work through a design process, then make the product you have designed. You will work on one project a term.
Recommended Prior Learning
You will need to have a strong interest in design, as you will be working through a design process to develop a design to make.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Students will be required to purchase the stationery items on the school stationery list, ready for the start of the course.
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