In ceramics 1 classes, students have been designing and building a centerpiece, set, or a pair of tableware forms. Since completion of the utilitarian form students learned to work with slabs, stiff slab construction to create flat planes and crisp edges, soft slabs wrapped around cylindrical forms, and soft slabs draped and slumped into and over mold forms. This has allowed for a greater diversity of forms and larger projects.

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Most students will be leaving some of their pieces out to dry by the end of this week. Those who have their works ready for the bisque firing next week should be able to take their finished pieces home before winter break. We recently received an order of glazes so there are many color choices for the surface of these forms.