10 Pottery Designer - Maker (Technology)

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.