Beginning Pottery
Second Draft - Updated 5/23/00
Basic Introductory Course
1. The student acquires the knowledge and skills necessary to create, to perform, and to respond effectively to the arts.
To meet this standard, the student will:
- 1.1 Demonstrates the basic skills necessary to create pottery including glazing and firing skills.
- 1.2 Demonstrates hand building techniques including: coil, slab, pinch, and sculptural forms.
2. The student applies the creative process with arts knowledge and skills to reason and solve problems.
To meet this standard, the student will:
- 2.1 Demonstrate the ability to apply line, form, and pattern in the creation of pottery forms.
- 2.2 Apply knowledge of slab, coil, and sculptural building technique.
- 2.3 Use appropriate ceramic vocabulary related to tools, techniques, and materials.
- 2.4 Demonstrate basic hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques.
- 2.5 Use critical thinking skills and language specific to pottery techniques to evaluate personal work and to make improvements.
3. The student uses at least one of the art forms to communicate ideas and feelings.
To meet this standard, the student will:
- 3.1 Communicates ideas and feelings through the creation of a sculpture which will evoke an emotional response from the viewer.
- 3.2 Applies knowledge and skills from previous art assignments to convey ideas.
- 3.3 Evaluates personal artwork through either written or oral dialogue with the teacher.
- 3.4 Utilizes line, texture, and color to communicate feelings and ideas through pottery.
4. The student understands how the arts connect to other subject areas, life, and work.
To meet this standard, the student will:
- 4.1 Identify job opportunities by listening to guest speakers in the field of pottery who explain opportunities for professional potters.
- 4.2 Observe the use of pottery in everyday situations both utilitarian and as fine art.
- 4.3 Identify work of various historical periods and their influences on current styles of pottery.
- 4.4 Identifies the various influences of other cultures on pottery.