FACULTY OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN

Department of Industrial Design

ID 330 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Designing in Clay and Plaster
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ID 330
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
4

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Critical feedback
Application: Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop
Lecture / Presentation
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims to provide students three dimensional designing and shaping with clay and it also provide students the advance knowledge and skill of practice to produce ceramic objects by using plaster model and mould techniques
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Student will be able to do functional ceramic object by using plaster mould
  • Student will be able to practice the methods of modeling and mould making by using plaster material.
  • Student will be able to study with alternative production techniques and different materials
  • Student will be able to produce a final product using clay and plaster mould
  • Student will be able to improve knowledge and design culture by preparing presentation on a designer specialized on ceramic objects.
Course Description In this course students are learning and practicing how industrial ceramic objects producing with clay material by using plaster mould techniques.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Introducing with a slideshow on Clay Art History from Neolitic Period to the Present ; different examples -
2 Introducing with a slideshow on Clay building and forming techniques with examples.
3 Types of the body; Terra Cotta Red Clay, White and Buff Earthenware, Stoneware, Porcelain, Bone China, Grog and Fire Clays.
4 Techniques of shaping, forming and building; Shape and form in clay, preparing the clay (kneading, wedging etc.)
5 Object making project by hand shaping and pinching
6 Object making project by hand shaping and pinching
7 Coil making, object making by coil building
8 Coil making, object making by coil building
9 Coil making, object making by coil building
10 Slab preparing and making a functional object by slab building
11 Slab preparing and making a functional object by slab building
12 Slab preparing and making a functional object by slab building
13 Finishing of project and First firing
14 Glaze preparing and glazing and second firing
15 Semester Review
16 Exhibiting of products, discussion and grading( final exam)

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

Susan Peterson, Working with Clay; Laurence Publishing, 1998, ISBN 1-85669-137-3

Suggested Readings/Materials

Emmanuel Cooper.Ten Thousand Years of Pottery; British Museum Press, 1988, ISBN0-7141-2779-5

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
10
Presentation / Jury
2
10
Project
1
70
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
5
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
-
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
2
32
Study Hours Out of Class
3
0
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
2
10
20
Presentation / Jury
2
3
6
Project
1
30
30
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
0
Final Exam
0
    Total
120

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to equipped with theoretical and practical knowledge of industrial design, and to apply it to a variety of products, services and systems from conventional industries to urban scale with innovative and sustainable approaches

2

To be able to communicate design concepts and proposals for solutions, which are supported with quantitative and qualitative data, to specialists and non-specialists through visual, written, and oral means

3

To be able to equipped with the related theoretical and methodological knowledge of engineering, management, and visual communication that is required for interdisciplinary characteristic of industrial design; and to collaborate with other disciplines, organizations, or companies

X
4

To be able to equipped with the knowledge of history and theory of design, arts and crafts; and culture of industrial design

X
5

To be able to equipped with social, cultural, economic, environmental, legal, scientific and ethical values in the accumulation, interpretation and/or application of disciplinary information and to employ these values regarding different needs

6

To be able to develop contemporary approaches individually and as a team member to solve today’s problems in the practice of industrial design

7

To be able to define design problems within their contexts and circumstances, and to propose solutions for them within the discipline of industrial design considering materials, production technologies and ergonomics

X
8

To be able to use digital information and communication technologies, physical model making techniques and machinery, at an adequate level to the discipline of industrial design

X
9

To be able to employ design research and methods within the theory and practice of industrial design

10

To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen specialization area within the industrial design field

11

To be able to collect data in the areas of industrial design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

12

To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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