Contents and Connections

Over two hundred concept suggestions span a broad range of human imagination from most specific and figurative to abstract.

Each page contains drawing(s) to illustrate a concept or idea behind a possible classroom, home study, or self directed project or assignment.

1. Quick Review of Clay Basics: Lump, Ball, Pinch, Coil, Slab, Finish or Fire.

2. Mind and Matter: Start with a lump of clay…then….household and desktop objects, tiles, theatre, miniatures, architecture, fashion and much more…

3. Mind of the Craftsman: the craft of wheel or handbuilt pottery is the point of departure for cups, vases, teapots and more…

4. Mind of the Masters: Master artists and craftsman styles from each continent are a rich source of practice and study, from a view of ceramic art history.

5. Mind of the Artists: survey of key ideas and concerns of artists from the view of art school curricula- figures, faces, illusions, and more.

6. Mind of the Intellectual Gourmet: Survey of key abstract concepts as expressed in contemporary visual art, quantum physics, science, avatars and more.

7. Resources for Teachers, Self Directed and Home Study such as suggested lesson plans, course syllabi with suggested assignments spanning a range of ages and abilities, for example elementary and children, and special needs, pottery, community center, sculpture, fine art, drawing, design, tile, and more. Fully indexed.