ID485 CERAMIC FORM I

Course Code:1250485
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (2.00 - 2.00)
ECTS Credit:4.0
Department:Industrial Design
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:Lecturer FUNDA ÖZKAN
Offered Semester:Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Objectives

-Material, it's nature and history will be introduced by instructor, supported with visual  presentations.

-Basic workshop system and material preparation will be learned.

-Turkish and worldwide ceramic topic , contemporary methods, outputs and needs will be shown as presentations by instructor.

-Basic 3 shaping methods will be learned on trial pieces.

-Designed models will be produced after each method trial.

-Worldwide samples and product opportunities related to the methods shown will be shared with presentations by  instructor.

-Final design topic will be discussed and assigned with all course group. 

-Experience whole process of the production of a functional or decorative project  as  a  group or personal  work.

-Designed, produced and glazed outputs will be presented.

 

 

 


Course Content

Development of concept of form through the medium of clay. Hand-building, slip casting and wheel techniques in pottery making are practiced. Special emphasis on form, function and detailing.


Course Learning Outcomes

-Encounter basic plastic materials, both for  modelling ideas and producing ceramics. 

-Experince the craft routes of design history

-Improve hand skills for plastic materials

-Face with the needs and necessities for ceramic design

-Know actual situation of sector, methods and outputs 

-Learn proper methods for specific ceramic designs

-Experince whoole steps of material preperation and production

-Improve modelling and designing capacity especially for complex curvilinear lines

-Follow whole stages of a production line starts with material preperation and ends with the final product by doing.

-Have a better understanding of the ethics of productive workplace both for group and individual working


Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
#Program Outcomes0123
1Creative problem defining and solving.
2Planning and managing the design process.
3Presenting and conveying design solutions orally, in written and visually (2D and 3D).
4Planning, managing and evaluating the results of design-focused research.
5Contributing to the design of products in order to raise the life quality of the society.
6Generating and applying knowledge to serve sustainable production and life.
7Competency in intellectual and industrial property rights.
8Awareness of and sensitivity towards societal, institutional, individual and contextual differences.
9Awarenes of social and cultural facts and continuous change.
10Competency in economic, industrial and technological developments.
11Continuous development of professional knowledge, skills and approaches.
12Competency in the processes and actions in professional life.
13Adaptation to the different working environments and processes that the profession necessitates, and contributing to the development and improvement of these environments.
14Ability in working within teams.
15Giving importance to interdisciplinary interactions.

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