Teaching Packet

Student Work Samples

The following twenty images are taken from a variety of classes taught beginning in the fall of 2013. Image information includes the students' name, level, and the class in which the work was made. A brief description explains the assignment and goals.
  • Stencil, Carved, and Scraffito Decorated Cylinders
    Katie Krajicek, Jenny Taylor, Brooke Sattler,
    Chloe Dana, Audrey Barrett, Emily Manos, Et al.
    Undergraduate Non Art Majors
    Stoneware Cone 10 Reduction
    6-8 in H

    CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2014-Spring 2015

    Making a well-crafted cylinder is the foundation of students' introduction to throwing on the wheel. This assignment asks students to thrown eight inch tall cylinders with straight even walls, a level and considered lip, and an finished undercut foot. The cylinders are then decorated using slips, stencils, scraffito, and carving. The goal is to create a cylinder in which the decoration activates the surface and prompts further visual exploration.



  • Mugs
    Hayley Brooks, Jerri Mlady, Brooke Sattler, Jenny Taylor, Audrey Barrett, et al.
    Stoneware Cone 10 Reduction
    Size ranges from 3-6 inches high
    Undergraduate Non Art Majors

    CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015

    The goal of this assignment is to learn simple shaping, handle making, and trimming feet.



  • Matching Bowl Set Emily Manos
    Stoneware Cone 10 Reduction
    4 in H X 5 in W
    Undergraduate Non Art Majors

    CERM-131 Spring 2015

    The goal of this assignment is to learn to create sets, trim feet, and use various glazing techniques including vinyl masking, over-glaze washes, and glaze layering. Students are asked to consider a variety of forms by sketching profiles and throwing several different bowl shapes. From those variations they chose one and make a matching set.



  • Majolica Chalice
    Jerri Mlady
    Undergraduate Non Art Majors
    Earthenware Cone 04 Oxidation
    11 in H

    CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015

    As an introduction to hard and soft slabs, students build a chalice or other vessel. These vessels introduce students to low-fire clay and glazes and provide an opportunity for them to explore majolica decoration.



  • Historical Vessel with Contemporary Scrafitto Surface
    Chloe Dana
    Undergraduate Non Art Major
    Earthenware Cone 04 Oxidation
    17 in H

    CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015

    The historical vessel with a contemporary surface is a research-based assignment in which each student reproduces a historical vessel form in an eighteen inch coil built vessel. It is then decorated using white slip and scraffito to create a contemporary narrative relating to the student's lives.



  • Historical Vessel with Contemporary Scrafitto Surface
    Keith Buswell
    Undergraduate Art Major
    Earthenware Cone 04 Oxidation
    17 in H

    CERM-231 ¬ Beginning Ceramics - Fall 2014

    Keith chose to reproduce a Moche vessel with pronounced skeletal features. The imagery and narrative developed for the vessel reflect the impact of global warming on the planet.



  • Relic Remnant
    Hailey Luken
    Undergraduate Non Art Major
    Earthenware and terra sigillata
    10in H X 20in W X 8in D

    CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015

    As a part of this slab building assignment students must produce multiple sketches and a scale model. They learn how preparation and planning can contribute to their success.



  • Relic Remnant
    Ji Won Choi
    Undergraduate Art Minor
    Earthenware and terra sigillata
    14in H X 8in W X 6in D

    CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Spring 2015

    As a part of this assignment students are taught how to document their work using a SLR digital camera, tripod, and backdrop. Photograph by Ji Won Choi.



  • Relic Remnant Install Image
    Kelly Kretchmer
    Undergraduate Non Art Major
    Earthenware and terra sigillata

    CERM-131 Ceramics for Non Majors - Fall 2014

    During the class critique the pieces are installed in a gallery space. The class discusses not only the success of the works themselves, but also the way installation, lighting, and presentation affect how a work of art is perceived.



  • Multiples
    Hannah Demma
    Undergraduate Art Major
    Earthenware, and mixed media
    72 in H

    CERM-232 Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture - Fall 2015 (GTA)

    The Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture class builds on the foundation developed in beginning ceramics. It is designed to teach the aesthetic and technical skills needed to create sculptural work from ceramic materials. Assignments are based on building methods or skills that allow students to begin developing content and a personal aesthetic. This assignment was to work with multiples. Hannah made over 1000 ceramic buttons that were then sewn to her mother's wedding gown.



  • Untitled (Rat)
    Emma Johnson
    Undergraduate Art Major
    Earthenware and terra sigillata
    58in H X 13in W X 13in D

    CERM-232 Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture - Fall 2015 (GTA)

    The Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture class builds on the foundation developed in beginning ceramics. It is designed to teach the aesthetic and technical skills needed to create sculptural work from ceramic materials. For this assignment the goal is to create a piece that exceeds three feet in any dimension. The body of this rat was built solid, cut apart and hollowed out, and then reassembled.



  • 36 Years
    Amy Sanders
    Undergraduate Art Major
    Press molded white earthenware, terra sigillata, underglaze, and gold luster
    36in L X 36in W X 6in H

    ART – 340 Advanced Ceramics – Fall 2018

    The Advanced Ceramics class builds on the foundation developed in beginning ceramics. Assignments are based on building methods or skills that allow students to begin developing content and a personal aesthetic. This piece utilizes the multiple to investigate China’s one child policy.



  • Multiples
    Regine Crawford
    Undergraduate Art Major
    Cone 10 oxidation
    72in L X 72in W X 6in H

    ART – 340 Advanced Ceramics – Fall 2018

    These cups are part of a 45-piece set. They use words and their synonyms to describe emotions that have had a major effect on the student’s life.



  • Appalachian Identity
    Micheala Swiger
    Undergraduate Art Major
    thrown and altered
    cone 10 stoneware
    7in H X 8in W X 3in D

    ART – 440 Ceramics Capstone – Fall 2018

    In the Ceramics Capstone class students work to create a cohesive portfolio. They develop a body of work and have a solo exhibition, write an artist statement and resume, document their work, and give an artist talk. Michaela’s work focused on creating narratives that captured her conflicting views on coal and her identity as a person from rural Appalachia.



  • One Source
    Erin Zirkle
    Undergraduate Art Major
    Earthenware, terra sigillata and stain
    10in H X 5in W X 6in D

    ART – 340 Advanced Ceramics – Fall 2018

    Sketching and model making is an important part of each assignment.



  • Delta Clay Prints
    Felix Pyron, KT Tiereny, Charles McCay, Larry Whittington, Hannah Vincent, and Stephani Alaniz
    Undergraduate and Graduate Art Majors
    Cone 6 Porcelain and Cone 10 Stoneware
    4-6in H

    ART – 593 3D Printing and Modeling – Spring 2018-2019

    In this class students learn various computer aided design software. These pieces were modeled with Fusion 360, Tinker CAD, and Oculus Medium and then printed in various clays on a delta clay printer.



  • Stare Down
    KT Tierney
    Graduate Student, Ceramics
    Scans printed on the Delta Clay Printer
    Cone 6 porcelain and underglaze
    3in H X 6in W X 3in H

    ART – 593 3D Printing and Modeling – Spring 2019

    This student used a hand-held Sense Scanner to create a portrait bust model that was then printed in porcelain.



  • Lost PLA Casting
    KT Tierney
    Graduate Student, Ceramics
    Scans printed in PLA and cast in Bronze
    2.5in H X 2.5in W X 4in H

    ART – 593 3D Printing and Modeling – Spring 2019

    The hand-held Sense Scanner was used to create a portrait bust that was altered in Tinker CAD and printed in PLA. The PLA print was then used to make an investment mold and cast in bronze.



  • Tessellating Tiles
    Erin McCarty
    Graduate Student, Ceramicsn
    Stoneware
    Cone 10 Reduction
    20in H x 14in W x 1in D

    ART – 593 3D Printing and Modeling – Spring 2019

    For this assignment students create models of clay cutters and texture stamps. The models are then printed in plastic and used to create a set of tessellating tiles.



  • Cup
    Tyler Stonestreet
    Graduate Student, Ceramics
    Slip cast porcelain Cone 10 reduction
    7in H X 3in W X 3in D

    ART – 593 3D Printing and Modeling – Spring 2018

    This slip cast vessel was modeled in Fusion 360. The model with attached cottle boards and keys was 3D printed in plastic and used as a tool to make the three identical mold sections.