Handbook

This course introduces you to the foundational studio skills and knowledge for working with ceramics in contemporary art contexts. Through studio-based learning, you will explore a variety of creative approaches to working with earth, fire and water as you develop ceramic forms. The course integrates practical skills in clay modelling, hand-forming methods, surface treatments, glazing, and kiln-firing technologies. The course also encourages you to consider how ceramic materials and processes can be used to create different meanings and metaphors as you develop artistic expressions with the medium. You will also develop understandings of the different ways that ceramics intersects with diverse histories, theories, and contexts, and how it is integrated into contemporary practices locally and globally.