This course will cater for beginners and experienced sculptors. POTTERY The course aims to instruct students in the use of ceramic materials, to make and decorate pots and objects that are functional and imaginative. During the course students will learn about: - The states of clay - Different types of clay - Methods - pinching, slab-building, coiling, slip casting and throwing - Decorating - mark making, incising, sprigging, inlaying, scraffito and piercing - Glazing - types and methods - Firing - Aspects of design and development SCULPTURE The course aims to give students the opportunity to make 3 dimensional forms/sculptures to develop creative skills and a critical awareness of form. Activities may include - Construction of armatures - modelling techniques - measuring and scaling methods - mould making - casting processes - firing and finishing processes
Name: Pottery & Sculpture(Funded by Staffs County Council) Qualification title: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification type: Assessment Awarding Generic award - no awarding body Created 20151117 14:46:39 Updated 20151117 14:46:39
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South Staffordshire College
Further Education
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Title: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Qualification: Non regulated Community Learning provision, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design Classification: Arts, Media and Publishing