DE110 Form Exploration in Pottery

This is an elective course for students who have completed the beginners course in pottery.

Course Objectives
To develop competence in wheel thrown forms.
Making Bowls, Bottles, Vases, Platters, Lidded Pots.
Exploring Hand-shaping.
Embellishing the hand-shaped.
History of Ceramics.
Contemporary Ceramics.

Screenings / Slide-Talks:

Date
Talk
15 January 2025
Jinan on Beauty; Kate Malone on Ceramic Forms
Videos
K.B.Jinan: Being in Beauty
Kate Malone: Making Contemporary Ceramics

Select References
Books
Rhodes Daniel, Pottery Form, , Pitman, 1976
Yanagi Soetsu, The Unknown Craftsman, Kodansha, USA, 1984
Preaud Tamara, Ceramics of the 20th Century, Rizzoli, 1982
Leach Bernard, A Potter's Book, Unicorn, London, 2015 (First published 1940)
Singh Gurucharan, Pottery in India, Vikas Publishing, 1979
Velar Ramu, Geetha V., A Potter's Tale, Tara Books, 2021

Journals and Magazines
MRIN: ICAF Vol 1-4
Indian Ceramic Quarterly, Delhi Blue Pottery Trust
Potters Newsletter