Evaluating Your Work:

Methods of Grading:

Project grades will evaluate: craftsmanship/execution, design/individuality, concept/expression, technical difficulty, research and planning (library and web research, maquettes), and completeness of presentation. Your individual development in the technical areas: research skills and firing skills will be evaluated. Your consistency, persistence and participation in critiques will be recorded.

Cumulative grades will be an evaluation of the following criteria; project grades, conceptual development, research, glaze testing, firing competency and participation, pre-planning (maquettes and sketches). The timely completion of all aspects of assigned projects will be very much a part of your grade. If you do not make the deadlines for any part of the assignment you will accrue late grades and create a limit for receiving an excellent grade. You are being treated as young professionals. Professional artists you will not have the luxury of missing an established deadline for a gallery or museum exhibition or any professional commitment.

You are responsible for completing 3 projects resulting in four sculptures and supporting maquettes along with required supplementary glaze testing. It is your responsibility to manage the controlled drying of each project to meet set class deadlines for bisque and glaze kilns.

In addition to specific criteria defined by individual project goals, all projects will be graded on their success in the following areas: concept development, use of design decisions to support your concepts, craftsmanship, and meeting deadlines for building, firing and critique. As previously mentioned, a sketchbook is required for recording notes and ideas and the work must be finished within the specified deadlines.
Concept / Idea: This pertains to the ability to discover and define design problems and issues in a clear and consistent language.
Solution: This pertains to the quality of your Visual and Conceptual Solution. Factors such as composition, inventiveness, originality, layout and craft will be considered in grading.
Class work: You are required to keep all information related to this class in your sketch book and should photocopy the pages to create a presentation for the process of each project. Quantity (yes, sometimes over quality) and innovation are important factors. The more you do, the better your design will be.
Craft: I will not accept work that does not meet the required presentation standards (which are listed on each individual project sheet). Also important in considering project grades: Failure to meet deadlines will result in a zero. For situations that are called to my attention in advance, something can be arranged. You should always plan ahead.
Grades will also be influenced by the following criteria: evolution from proposal to finished work, aesthetic concerns, and adherence to assignments, craftsmanship, skills development, conceptual rigor, experimentation, inventiveness, risk-taking, personal investment, and critical discussions.