Crafts (CRF) at Tidewater Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- CRF 101 - Hand Built Pottery
- Introduces fundamental concepts and skills related to hand crafted hand-built pottery.Lecture 1 hour. Studio instruction 4 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - CRF 102 - Wheel-Thrown Pottery
- Introduces fundamental concepts and skills related to hand crafted wheel-thrown pottery.Lecture 1 hour. Studio instruction 4 hours Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - CRF 105 - Introduction to Pottery
- Introduces art and design related to pottery. Teaches techniques of hand-building, throwing on the potter's wheel, glaze techniques and experimental firing.Lecture 1 hour. Studio instruction 4 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - CRF 130 - Introduction to Glass Blowing
- Introduces a variety of techniques for manipulating molten "hot glass" into vessel or sculptural forms. Teaches studio safety, equipment operation, techniques of forming molten glass, annealing and cold working techniques.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
3-4 credits - CRF 131 - Intermediate Glass Blowing
- Introduces intermediate glass blowing techniques using progressively more complex forms. Emphasis on design and working from prepared drawings.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
Prerequisite: CRF 130.3-4 credits - CRF 151 - Glass Fusing and Painting
- Introduces basic glass fusing, slumping, and painting techniques used to make vessels, fused, and painted glass items. Progresses with more difficult assignments that develop skill and concepts. Discusses historical and contemporary glass techniques, designs, and applications and incorporates into student stained glass work.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-4 hours. Total 4-5 hours per week.
3 credits - CRF 230 - Glass Blowing III
- Introduces advanced techniques of producing blown glass pieces with multiple blown forms. Explores advanced design problems and the development of individual styles.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 5-6 hours per week.
Prerequisite: CRF 131.3-4 credits - CRF 231 - Glass Blowing IV
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Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits
