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Ceramics 3: Intermediate

Class Number: ART 10815202-1 - Ceramics 3: Intermediate
Offering Status: Open
Academic Level: Post_Secondary
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Course Description

10-815-202 CERAMICS 3: INTERMEDIATE ...Continue fostering growth in Ceramics studies with attention on variety and definition. Students will practice shaping and attaching formal elements such as feet, handles, lips, spouts, rims, and lids on a variety of forms, produce a set of plates, develop a defined quality of pottery interiors, analyze pottery construction to re-create wares, and participate in group critiques. Students will experiment with advanced finishing techniques such as wash, underglaze, cold finish, slip, and will be challenged to consider deliberate glaze application informed by distinct elements. (Prerequisite: 10-815-201, Ceramics 2: Wheel Throwing with a "C" or better.)

Course Typically Offered

  • Fall
  • Spring

Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.

What will I learn?

  1. Produce distinct lips and feet on various cylindrical forms.
  2. Elaborate on cylindrical forms by creating defined rims, feet, and quality interior.
  3. Throw a pitcher form, add or pull a spout, and attach a handle.
  4. Generate repetition by throwing a series of bowls with defined rims and feet.
  5. Re-create a simple form of a contemporary or historic wheel-thrown vessel.
  6. Develop glaze-work by using existing formal elements as termination lines.
  7. Create a set of plates.
  8. Throw several lidded forms.
  9. Construct a teapot – spout, body, handle, and lid.

Class Details

Class Number:
ART 10815202-1 - Ceramics 3: Intermediate
Location:
NWTC Artisan & Business Center
Date:
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Delivery:
Blended-less than 50% online
Term:
2026 Fall Session 1

Class Notes

Class Format: 

  • Combination of in-person and online instruction. 

  • Attend in-person sessions at specified dates, times, and location. 

  • Access remaining instruction online. 

Students are required to attend a minimum amount of open lab sessions at the Artisan Center for in-person portion of the class. Open Lab Calendar 

Meetings Times

Dates Day(s) / Time Location
8/17/2026 - 10/12/2026 Online
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
8/17/2026 - 10/12/2026 Monday/Wednesday
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
NWTC Artisan & Business Center Room 115

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