ART 176 - Tilemaking

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 6
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: General

Design and fabricate tiles for specific applications, while emphasizing critical processes of working with clay. Transforms two-dimensional drawings to pieces in three dimensions. Study new theories in “Visual Communication.”
Competencies

Demonstrate a sensitivity/awareness to the material of clay as it applies to tilemaking
Demonstrate an ability to use basic forming techniques and processes as they apply to tilemaking
Demonstrate conversational familiarity with ceramic vocabulary as it applies to tilemaking
Demonstrate an understanding of the history of “Tilework”
Differentiate between applied and integrated decoration in the architectural use of tilework
Create and present a personal story or “mythology” in tile
Demonstrate an understanding of a “step by step” approach to an introduction of ceramics through making tile by hand
Demonstrate an understanding of a “hands on” three-dimensional visual perspective to two-dimensional graphic design