I am in advanced ceramics but it is only my second semester taking ceramics. I moved there this year from North Carolina but I've never even seen a ceramics class. Back home, I took three years worth of Carpentry wood shop classes and I believe those classes gave me the foundation I needed to be successful in ceramics.
The first semester in my beginning class I focused mainly on working to improve my throwing skills. I spent the entire semester thinking my projects would be better if I could only throw bigger and better. When I entered my second semester in my Advanced class, I quickly learned that generally, the finished glaze has a bigger impact on the project than the actual form does. At the start of the semester I thought I wanted a overall design theme of large projects. As time progressed I later decided that rather than just making large projects, I wanted to bring my projects to life with Raku. I then spent a majority of my time reading about and learning the way of the Raku.
The first semester in my beginning class I focused mainly on working to improve my throwing skills. I spent the entire semester thinking my projects would be better if I could only throw bigger and better. When I entered my second semester in my Advanced class, I quickly learned that generally, the finished glaze has a bigger impact on the project than the actual form does. At the start of the semester I thought I wanted a overall design theme of large projects. As time progressed I later decided that rather than just making large projects, I wanted to bring my projects to life with Raku. I then spent a majority of my time reading about and learning the way of the Raku.