Students in this class will learn to use a variety of ceramic production methods techniques including; molding, pressing, extruding, and giggering, to design and make small pottery editions. The focus is the design and perfection of the objects made and methods used. This class will also serve as a platform for inviting visiting artists to make small editions using our production facilities.

Major requirement; Ceramics majors

Open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of Department.

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

Ceramic Sculpture will cover a range of concepts, traditions and techniques that are specific to the disciplines of both ceramics and sculpture. Projects will revolve around the topics of space, structure and form and the development of ideas. Techniques and processes including hand building, surface treatment and glazes will be covered. Clay is a subtle material allowing an exchange between the medium and the self. Through making, your skills and confidence will develop giving you more control over the objects you wish to realize. Students will approach these dynamics through installation, large construction and small-scale object making. Designed for students at an advanced level, using clay as a primary material and involving a variety of processes and forming methods.

Major requirement; Ceramics majors

Open to non-majors for 3-credits pending seat availability and permission of Department Head.

Registration by Ceramic Department, course not available via web registration.

A Collaborative Study Project (CSP) allows two students to work collaboratively to complete a faculty supervised project of indepedndent study.

Usually, a CSP is supervised by two faculty members, but with approval it may be supervised by one faculty member. Its purpose is to meet individual student needs by providing an alternative to regularly offered courses, though it is not a substitute for a course if that course is regularly offered.

In the first semester, graduate students begin their investigation and produce clay works that allow the faculty to assess their approach and capabilities. Students are available and pursue active contact with the faculty. Students also attend supplemental department presentations.

Graduate major requirement; Ceramics majors only

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

The Independent Study Project (ISP) allows students to supplement the established curriculum by completing a faculty supervised project for credit in a specific area of interest. Its purpose is to meet individual student needs by providing an alternative to regularly offered courses.

Permission of Instructor and GPA of 3.0 or higher is required.

Register by completing the Independent Study Application available on the Registrar's website; the course is not available via web registration.

The Independent Study Project (ISP) allows students to supplement the established curriculum by completing a faculty supervised project for credit in a specific area of interest. Its purpose is to meet individual student needs by providing an alternative to regularly offered courses.

Permission of Instructor and GPA of 3.0 or higher is required.

Register by completing the Independent Study Application available on the Registrar's website; the course is not available via web registration.

In this class we will utilize an industrial approach and integrate it with a fine art sensibility. Students will learn how to make molds and prototypes; produce porcelain casting slip; strategies in casting; traditional and non-traditional surface applications. Course projects will focus on non-functional concepts.

Many tools are supplied, however,students are required to purchase a tool kit to supplement those already on hand.

Major requirement; Ceramics majors

Open to non-majors by permission of Instructor.

An exploration and development of personal ideas and vision with their materialization in clay. An introduction to the techniques of handbuilding focusing on clay as a sculptural medium.

Major requirement; Ceramics majors

Open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of Instructor.

The professional Internship provides valuable exposure to a professional setting, enabling students to better establish a career path and define practical aspirations. Internship proposals are carefully vetted to determine legitimacy and must meet the contact hour requirements listed in the RISD Course Announcement.

Continued exploration begun during the first year leads to the presentation of a thesis project. Students work during class hours to ensure daily contact with faculty.

Graduate major requirement; Ceramics majors only

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

This class helps you to develop the vocabulary of concepts relating your work to your sources. A number of exercises are undertaken culminating in a presentation of your ideas.

Major requirement; Ceramics majors only

Cross-listed with Ceramics

Open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of department required.

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

In the beginning of your fourth year you work independently with a ceramic faculty tutor to develop your individual degree project. Your project is expected to be a body of ceramic work that is unified in direction, significant in its degree of growth, innovative in its resolution, and personal in its expression.

Major requirement; Ceramics majors only

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

A seminar exploring idea, method, and expression as found in the history of ceramic art. The focus is the potential connection between historical awareness and the development of your own work. Independent research is required.

Major requirement; Ceramics majors

Open to non-majors as an elective pending seat availability and permission of Instructor.

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

A seminar exploring ceramic method and expression from historical and contemporary perspectives. The focus is the connection between historical awareness, and aesthetic expression in the student's work. In-depth independent research required.

Graduate major requirement; Ceramics majors

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

Open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of department required.

A seminar exploring ceramic idea, method, and expression in ceramic art from the technical perspective. Raw materials, clay bodies, glazes and glaze calculation are studied. The potential connection between technical understanding and the fulfillment of your vision and aesthetic expression is examined. Independent research is required.

Major requirement; Ceramics sophomores

Open to non-majors as an elective pending seat availability and permission of Instructor.

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

A seminar exploring ceramic method and expression from technical perspectives. A study of raw materials including clay, clay bodies, and glaze calculation. The focus is the connection between technical development, and aesthetic expression. In-depth independent research required. A materials diary kept.

Graduate major requirement; Ceramics majors

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

Open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of department required.

2D vs. 3D, form vs. surface. Investigation of how form suggests the surface and how surface can redefine the form. Various hand building and decorative processes are used.

Estimated Materials Cost: $100.00

The course explores an extensive range of sculptural possibilities for ceramics through the theme of sampling. Students learn basic ceramic construction including handbuilding and moldmaking. Projects include: transformation of found shapes, images or objects, abstraction and introduction to contemporary ceramic sculpture. The emphasis is on experimentation and development of personal ideas.

A Collaborative Study Project (CSP) allows two students to work collaboratively to complete a faculty supervised project of independent study.

Usually, a CSP is supervised by two faculty members, but with approval it may be supervised by one faculty member. Its purpose is to meet individual student needs by providing an alternative to regularly offered courses, though it is not a substitute for a course if that course is regularly offered.

"Crafting the Wall" is the third studio offering from a successful pilot program of partnership between artisans of Morocco and RISD students and makers. This course will be a hands-on workshop with master craftspeople from Morocco demonstrating a number of Moroccan craft traditions. Current American ceramic methodologies will also be available to students and will be integrated into the course of study. Centering on drawing, ceramics, ornament, relief, and tessellation, this class is an investigation of thinking and making through both contemporary and traditional craft.

Students explore the pottery making processes of throwing, jiggering, extruding, casting, and pressing. They test and experiment creating the ceramic surfaces from a variety of high temperature glaze and firing techniques. They establish and challenge the creative and expressive potentials of utility.

The purpose of this course is to prepare a written thesis. You will be required to develop an outline, bibliography, and first and second drafts. Completion and presentation will be during the following spring semester.

This course is reserved for and required of second-year MFA Ceramics majors.

Schedule individually arranged with instructor.

In this class you will find a site, a venue, a place from which your investigations will spring. Working from the tradition and need of tableware; or architectural ornamentation; or public art, you will attach your personal expressive needs and vision to uses outside of the studio. Creative and inventive individual solutions are stressed. All ceramic techniques and processes appropriate may be used. Collaboration is encouraged. This is for advanced students.

Elective

Permission of Instructor required.

This class meets one day a week and meets with CER-4106 which meets two days a week.

Contact Ceramics Department to determine which day you will go to class.

A posed model will serve as the visual base from which students will compose and articulate 3-dimensional form in clay. Class projects include a series of small standing figures, a portrait, and a series of larger figures or large fragments of figures. Students will learn to build armatures and use clay modeling tools effectively. Outside assignments include skull study, a hand study and drawings from figurative sculpture found in and around Providence. Strong emphasis is given both to whole sight and to abstraction of essentials - proportion, spatial relationship, and axial orientation.

Major requirement; Ceramics sophomores

Open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of Department.
Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

The second semester is a development of the ideas and work begun in the first. Students are available and pursue active contact with the faculty. Students also attend supplemental department presentations.

Graduate major requirement; Ceramics majors only

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

Continued exploration begun during the first year leads to the presentation of a thesis project. Students work during class hours to ensure daily contact with faculty.

Graduate major requirement; Ceramics majors only

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

The Independent Study Project (ISP) allows students to supplement the established curriculum by completing a faculty supervised project for credit in a specific area of interest. Its purpose is to meet individual student needs by providing an alternative to regularly offered courses.

Permission of Instructor and GPA of 3.0 or higher is required.

Register by completing the Independent Study Application available on the Registrar's website; the course is not available via web registration.

The Independent Study Project (ISP) allows students to supplement the established curriculum by completing a faculty supervised project for credit in a specific area of interest. Its purpose is to meet individual student needs by providing an alternative to regularly offered courses.

Permission of Instructor and GPA of 3.0 or higher is required.

Register by completing the Independent Study Application available on the Registrar's website; the course is not available via web registration.

Introduction to Ceramics for Design Majors would condense the sophomore ceramics curriculum so that design students can enroll in other ceramics-based courses, insuring that the sequence builds on prior knowledge. After this introductory course design majors will be better equipped to take Slip Casting, Advanced Pottery and Production, and Tableware. Interested students could take the science course for a more in depth understanding of the material.

Information to be covered in Introduction to Ceramics for Design Majors

. Basic hand building techniques

. Basic mold making for slip casting and pressing. Proper use of plaster and the plaster room

. Basic clay and glaze formulation - proper use of the glaze room and clay making facilities.

. Basic firing processes and understanding the effects of different kiln temperatures and atmospheres.

. Use of 3d design technology and ceramics - marriage of traditional techniques and new technology

Open to Industrial Design sophomores and juniors

Permission of Department Head Required.

Students explore the pottery making processes of throwing, jiggering, extruding, casting, and pressing. They test and experiment creating the ceramic surfaces from a variety of high temperature glaze and firing techniques. They establish and challenge the creative and expressive potentials of utility.

Major requirement; Ceramics majors only

Open to non-majors as an elective pending seat availability and permission of Department.

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.

The professional Internship provides valuable exposure to a professional setting, enabling students to better establish a career path and define practical aspirations. Internship proposals are carefully vetted to determine legitimacy and must meet the contact hour requirements listed in the RISD Course Announcement.

The second semester is a continuation of the senior degree project begun in the Fall. The work and ideas are further developed and refined for final presentation at the Woods-Gerry Gallery.

Major requirement; Ceramics majors only

Registration by Ceramics Department, course not available via web registration.