The advanced techniques students will learn include designing a larger stained glass panel, lead came techniques of making a stained glass panel, reinforcing larger stained glass panes, framing and hanging a larger stained glass panel, and how to accurately measure for a stained glass window home installation.
The purpose of Intermediate Handbuilding Ceramics is to further develop students' conceptual and technical skills in clay by building upon fundamental techniques learned in Introduction to Ceramics. Course content is designed to enable students to explore their own unique aesthetic in three dimensional forms by way of interpretive assignments coupled with intermediate slab, pinch and coil demonstrations as well as an introduction to casting.
The purpose of Introduction to Ceramics is to provide each student with a basic ceramics experience extended from his or her knowledge of design and drawing on which to build the visual thinking skills, knowledge of historical and contemporary art forms, technical approach to materials and the methods for channeling creative energies that enable a life-time of personal artistic expression.
Stained Glass Workshop (Copper Foil Technique). Learn the basics of stained glass in this introductory hands-on class. Each student will learn the skills to complete a beautiful stained glass panel, including glass cutting, grinding, soldering, and finishing following the copper foil method (derived by L. C. Tiffany). No previous experience with glass is required. All tools, materials, and necessary equipment will be provided.
A studio art course that introduces the materials, processes, and issues pertaining to the making of three-dimensional objects. The course explores the use of varied materials and techniques along with the formal and conceptual principles that form the basis of contemporary sculpture. Combined with credit ARTS-2326
Tap into your creative side and discover how fun and easy it is to construct beautiful works of art with mosaics. Students will learn the basics of glass mosaics including cutting, layout/design, affixing the materials, grouting, and finishing in this introductory hands-on class. Each student will complete one project. No previous experience is required. All tools, materials, and necessary equipment will be provided.