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Course: Ceramics

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Course title Ceramics
Course code KVK/KE
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Poláček Stanislav, MgA. Mgr.
  • Potůčková Naděžda, Mgr.
Course content
Meaning of the course: Resourcefulness and finding workarounds, teaching is primarily directed to experiment with traditional and new material. Students improve their manual dexterity, learning feeling for the material and its expression. At the beginning of the search for solutions to the set tasks, talk with the teacher, but always precedes research solutions reflecting current job or possibly some historical inspiration. Basis subject lies in creativity and finding workarounds, teaching is primarily directed to experiment with traditional and new material. Listeners improve their manual dexterity, learning feeling for the material and its expression. At the beginning of the search for solutions to the set tasks, talk with the teacher, but always precedes research solutions reflecting current job or possibly some historical inspiration. During the semester, students solve tasks of this type: 1. Golem - lamp or an aroma lamp (burnt clay). 2. Urn - three proposals, two-color funeral ceramics (9 drawings of A3). 3. Kinetic object (3D visualization software). 4. Set "Flirt" = two cups + sugar bowl or tray (technical drawing, plaster model 1: 1) 5. Canteen or non-traditional spa cup + conjunction with other material (presentation, poster 2x A3).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Instruction based on dialogue, One-to-One tutorial, Task-based study method, Individual study, Seminar
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 36 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the relation of a detail to the whole in the case of a ceramic shape;
to describe and to explain special ways of decorating ceramics;
to characterize artworks of several authors of contemporary ceramics;
to characterize different ceramic clays, glazes and dyestuffs.
Skills
to work according to technological process;
to propose an artistic solution of a task, to be able to express the volume;
to use some ceramic techniques.
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe feeling, perceiving and organizing the material;
to characterize some historical periods of ceramics from prehistoric times to the present.
Skills
to build a ceramic shape;
to sensitively use expressive means of ceramic clay;
to interpret concrete artistic intention.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Discussion
One-to-One tutorial
Group discussion
Seminar classes
Field trip
Skills
Collaborative instruction
Cooperative instruction
Students' portfolio
Skills demonstration
Task-based study method
Individual study
Seminar
Competences
Skills demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Skills
Project
Seminar work
Portfolio
Individual presentation at a seminar
Combined exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Group presentation at a seminar
Practical exam
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Bartuška, Miloslav. Vady skla. Praha, 2001.
  • Batala, Otto. Svět z hlíny : vyprávění o minulosti a současnosti keramiky. Praha, 1973.
  • Branfman, Steven. Mastering Raku. 2012.
  • Forrest, Miranda. Natural Glazes. 2012.
  • Hanykýř, Vladimír; Kutzendörfer, Jaroslav. Technologie keramiky.
  • Chavarria, Joaquim. Velká kniha keramiky : průvodce historií, materiály, vybavením a technikami ručního vytváření, vytáčení, výroby forem, vypalování výrobků v pecích a glazování hrnčířských výrobků a jiných keramických.
  • Ming, Bai. World - Famous Keramik Artist's Studio's.
  • Olsen, Frederick L. The Kiln Book. 2012.
  • Peterson, S. The Craft and Art of Clay.
  • PETROVÁ, S. České sklo. Praha: UMPRUM, 2018. ISBN 978-80-87989-50-0.
  • PRICE, M. The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting. Anomie, 2021. ISBN 978-1-910221-27-3.
  • Rada, Pravoslav. Techniky keramiky. Vyd. 1. Praha : Aventinum, 1995. ISBN 80-85277-47-6.
  • Smrček, Antonín a kol. Tavení skla. Jablonec nad Nisou, 2008.
  • Špís, Jiří. Modelářství porcelánu a keramiky.
  • TAYLOR, L. The Ceramics Bible Revised Edition. Chronicle Books, 2022. ISBN 1797215140.
  • Taylor, Louisa. Současná tvář keramiky. Praha, 2013.
  • Wudy, Jana. Vinuté perle. 2017. ISBN 978-80-247-4381-3.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): English Language in Education (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): - (18) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
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Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): - (16) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language in Education (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): English Language in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language in Education (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (15) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Russian Language in Education (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Physical Education in Education (18) Category: Physical education and sport - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): - (19) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Music in Education (19) Category: Art and applied art - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Russian Language in Education (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (15) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language in Education (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Physical Education in Education (19) Category: Physical education and sport - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): English Language in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): German Language in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Russian Language in Education (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Russian Language in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Music in Education (17) Category: Art and applied art - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language in Education (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): - (17) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Visual Culture in Education (14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
University of West Bohemia, date of update: 26.07.2024 23:53. Data created for academic year 2024/2025