BY KIERNAN McCARTY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Tuesday, the Ceramics Art 360 class wrapped up their final project, compellingly titled, \u201cThe Big Event.\u201d Ceramics professor, Linda Ganstrom, explained that \u201cThe Big Event\u201d is a student-designed group effort for the final project in the Art 360 class.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis group decided to do \u2018A Night In\u2019 and they made bowls for popcorn and then smaller bowls for ice cream, but I think some people might have used those big bowls for the ice cream,\u201d Ganstrom said. \u201cThey invite at least four friends, that\u2019s part of the rubric, they make the pottery for those people and they bring the food and drinks and get to see their pots in action.\u201d
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The students choose the snacks, the movie, and the friends they wanted to invite to come, dug in, and enjoyed the show. The Nightmare Before Christmas was the show put on for this go-around.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ganstrom spoke about the powerful practicality of pottery and how the class is all about learning how to throw pots for making bowls, plates, cups, pitchers, teapots, and more.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey got pretty good at throwing, decorating, and doing all these beautiful glazes,\u201d she said.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final project is a collective effort, coordinated by the students, to show the relevance and how fun it is to possess handmade pottery of one\u2019s own.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a public accountability,\u201d she continued, to emphasize the significance of the affair, \u201cwho would you care more about than your friends and roommates to see what kind of pottery you made? It\u2019s more important than just getting a grade on a test.\u201d
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ganstrom\u2019s passion and personality, alone, make for a wonderful class experience. You can take it from her when she says, \u201cI think that the pottery class might be the most fun you can have and get college credit. So far I haven\u2019t heard of a class that\u2019s any more fun.\u201d
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the pottery class was praised not only by Ganstrom herself, but by the participating students as well. Haleigh Raber, a photography major and student in the class, verifies this notion.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe environment of the class is phenomenal,\u201d she said.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another student and studio art major, Jerikka Simpson said, her favorite part was learning how to throw.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a lot different than high school and having to do the slabs,\u201d Simpson said. \u201cComing here and actually being able to build it on a wheel, it was a lot more difficult, but a lot of fun\u2026 If you\u2019re a beginner in throwing it\u2019s the perfect class.\u201d
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What would pottery be without a little bit of elbow grease? The process of making pottery is reportedly a more physically-active art. Simpson explained the hours and labor that went into making each pottery set for her friends over the weekend.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI spent a whole eleven hours straight working,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a lot of labor because with clay you have to kind of put your back into it to mold it.\u201d
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ganstrom, a lover of hands-on craftsmanship, describes the whole process.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re throwing on the potter\u2019s wheel you have to really focus and if you take your focus off, your pot flops and it\u2019s real messy when you first get started,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like snow skiing or water skiing. It\u2019s like hand-eye coordination, it\u2019s really physical.\u201d
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The physical labor that goes into pot making isn\u2019t without its pay-off, however. The tender fondness one gets from now possessing a personal, hand-made, functional object from a friend is one like no other. The student-curated Night In really showcased the beauty and permanence of pot-making and sharing the labor of love.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re done, you put it in the kiln to sort of freeze whatever you\u2019ve got,\u201d Ganstrom said, \u201cand it\u2019ll be here until the planet melts, that\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BY KIERNAN McCARTY Last Tuesday, the Ceramics Art 360 class wrapped up their final project, compellingly titled, \u201cThe Big Event.\u201d Ceramics professor, Linda Ganstrom, explained… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":62556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3398,11],"tags":[14466,14428,14467,14460],"class_list":["post-62540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","category-news","tag-caramics-art-360","tag-fhsu-art-and-design","tag-fhsu-ceramics","tag-kiernan-mccarty"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pottery-g4d4cda33b_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62558,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62540\/revisions\/62558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}