ART 372 Wheel Throwing: the Dinnerware Project
Functional ceramics are often taken for granted. We use them every day, without reflecting on their origins, how they are made, or the culture that surrounds them. In this course students will explore objects for the table and their ability to communicate meaning we will work together with local chefs and restaurants to produce dinnerware for a charity dinner. Students will learn through demonstrations, slide lectures, articles and films about techniques, historic and contemporary dinnerware, as well as the history of the American food revolution and the relationship of chefs to artists. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite: any ceramics course.