Note: All studio classes with an asterisk (*) require three hours studio work per week in addition to lab hours included in class hours. Studio hours are by arrangement.
ART 405, 406 *SCULPTURE I AND II (2 or 3)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Four or six class hours per week. Prerequisites: ART 406 - ART 405.
ART 405 Sculpture I — An introduction to sculpture processes. Studio practice using a variety of materials e.g., wood, metal, plaster, clay, stone and mixed-media assemblage to make three dimensional works of art. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C1). (CAN ART 12).
ART 406 Sculpture II — Advanced study and practice in three dimensional form; a continuation of ART 405 in developing mastery of the media of sculpture e.g., wood, metal, plaster, clay, stone, and mixed-media assemblage. May be repeated twice for credit. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.
ART 407 *SCULPTURE III: DIRECT METAL (2 or 3)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Four or six class hours per week. Prerequisite: Art 405.
Creation of sculptural form in metal, using welding, brazing, and soldering techniques for fabrication of line, plane, found-object and mixed-media compositions. May be repeated for credit a maximum of three times. Transfer credit: CSU.
ART 408 BRONZE CASTING (1)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Total of thirteen lecture and nine lab hours.
An intensive introduction to the bronze casting process . Students will be given an overview of objects made of bronze, from earliest tools produced to present-day sculpture and from many different cultures. They will then make a sculpture in clay and take that sculpture through all of the stages involved in converting it into a finished bronze. May be repeated for credit a maximum of three times. Transfer credit: CSU.
ART 411, 412 *CERAMICS I AND II (2 or 3)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Four or six class hours per week. Prerequisites: ART 412 - ART 411. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ART 301 recommended.
ART 411 Ceramics I — Survey of ceramic materials and their function in relation to art values. Basic studio practice in hand-building processes and glazing of ware. Related study of clay origins and compositions, decorating techniques, the firing of kilns, and glaze composition. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (C1). (CAN ART 6).
ART 412 Ceramics II — Additional study of ceramic processes and their application in art. May be repeated twice for credit. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.
ART 417 *CERAMIC GLAZING TECHNIQUES (2 or 3)
(Credit/No Credit or letter grade.)
Four or six class hours per week. Prerequisite: Art 412.
Advanced glazing techniques including special glazes, glaze composition and multi-firing techniques. Projects with emphasis on glaze effects. May be repeated for credit a maximum of three times. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.