ART 260/261 A & B –Basic Ceramics I & II			Syllabus/Calendar	Summer Quarter 2013
Lars Husby, Instructor				Office Hours: Wed, 2:50-3:30PM
Kapka Stoyanova, Teaching/lab Assistant				Room: C154-A
Karen Eaves, Lab Supervisor & RAKU/Sawdust firing goddess office tel: (425) 564 – 2632 lab tel: (425)564-6177
•	Handouts may be accessed on CANVAS, your class website under Art 260/261/shared documents
•	Quarter Dates: Mon., June 24 – Thurs., August 8
•	Class Meets: Mon, Tues, & Wed, Section A: 9 -11:50 AM , Section B: Noon- 2:50 PM, C-157 HOLIDAY ON THURSDAY, JULY 4^TH, BC CLOSED/NO LAB FINAL GRADING ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013
	Lab Meets: Mondays 3-6 PM &Thursdays 9 AM – 3:30 PM, C-157
Week 1 6/24-27		Introduction; discussion and slide presentation for first project; handbuilding technique: pinch; and surface technique: underglazes on 6/24. Handbuilding techniques: coil (6/25) and slab (6/26). Basic wheel throwing techniques: centering, the ‘cylinder’, shaping, and footing/trimming.. 3 sketches due for 1^st project on Wednesday, 6/26.
Week 2 7/1-3		NO LAB ON THURSDAY, JULY 4 HOLIDAY; Discussion and slide presentation of second project, 7/1; RAKU, cone 10, and low fire glazes discussed as surface techniques this week; wheel throwing: plates and for 261: engobes as surface technique; project #1 should be completed by the end of the week.
Week 3 7/8-11		Discussion and slide presentation on third project, & sketches due for 2^nd project on Mon., 7/8. Burnishing demonstrated and primitive firings discussed. Project #2 should be completed by the end of this week. RAKU glaze firing on the 10^th or 11^th, weather permitting during class and/or lab.
Week 4 7/15-18		Discussion and slide presentation on Robert Arneson; sketches due for 3^rd project on Mon., 7/15; discussion of project #4 with sketches due by Wed., 7/17; additional wheel throwing techniques: bottle/spouts shapes covered during lab; load gas kiln for cone 10 firing on Wed.,17th and fire off on Thurs., 18th. Project #3 should be completed by the end of this week.
Week 5 7/22-25		Absolute last day for sketches for Project #4/Final Project on Mon., 7/22; additional wheel throwing techniques: sectional forms during lab; surface techniques utilizing overglazes. Unload cone 10 gas kiln on Monday, 22rd. Project #4 should be completed by the end of this week. FINAL bisque for cone 10 gas firing on Thurs, 25th.
Week 6 7/29-8/1		Monday, 29th absolute last day for working with wet clay. All remaining projects MUST be dry and ready for bisque firing by Thurs.,1st, this includes bisque for all glaze firings.
Week 7 8/5-8		Load final cone 10 gas firing on Mon., 8/5 and fire off on Tues., 6^h; Unload cone 10 gas kiln on Thurs, 8th; last low fire glaze firings on Wed., 7^h; Raku and primitive firings on Tuesday, 6th^th and/or Wed.,7th; Attendance MANDATORY for FINAL group critique and grading on Thursday.,8th. Studio and locker clean-out/clean-up. Have a great rest of summer! See some of you in the Fall! STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, who require accommodation based on a documented disability with medical information to share, or need special arrangements for emergency evacuation, please be sure to let me know as soon as possible. If you would like to inquire about becoming a DRC student you can call 425-564-2598, Disability Resource Center, located in B-132.