• Course Description
• Laboratory
  • Description
  • Purpose
  • Schedule
  • Sample Lab
• Syllabus

Jan. 22 Lab Safety and Check-In; Light and Color I: Newton’s Experiments

29 Light and Color II: the Land Experiment

Feb. 5 Discussion Lab: What does it all mean?

12 Synthesis of Two Pigments*

17-21 Reading Week.

26 Making Clay^*

Mar. 5 Making Pots^*

12 Preparing Glazes^*

19 Construction of Kiln and Raku Firing^*

24-28 Spring Break

Apr. 2 Manufacture of a Gouache Paint*

9 Synthesis and Properties of Bronze

16 Interim Progress Reports on Projects

23 Poster Session

* A combined report on all parts of the four ceramics labs is required. However, one to two page summaries of activities for each lab is due the following Friday.

NOTE: A field trip to the Conservation Lab at the Wadsworth Athenaeum is scheduled for Thursday, February 20, from 1:30 to 4:30 PM. ALL students MUST be present for this field trip.