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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Develop ideas for thrown ceramics
   • Evaluate creative and professional opportunities offered by thrown ceramics for own approach to work
   • Research ideas for thrown work from historical and contemporary references
   • Research, adapt and use relevant ideas and approaches from other practitioners and comply with intellectual property requirements
   • Refine ideas through experimentation and create designs for a range of thrown ceramic pieces to meet market or design brief needs
2. Determine safety requirements for thrown ceramic work
   • Investigate specific safety and sustainability issues for thrown ceramic work
   • Set up work space, equipment, tools and materials according to safety requirements
   • Establish, follow and monitor safe work practices during production of work
3. Throw, turn and finish ceramic items
   • Determine and use suitable throwing methods for a range of ceramic items
   • Throw individual items and sets to design requirements for form and function
   • Define ceramic forms using appropriate assembly finishing techniques
   • Trim and prepare articles for further decoration
4. Refine throwing technique
   • Develop increasing confidence and skill to a professional level through extensive practice at the wheel
   • Proactively identify and resolve technical problems in thrown ceramic projects based on developing expertise
   • Evolve ideas and professional throwing skill through ongoing experimentation with a broad range of equipment, tools, materials and advanced techniques
   • Develop own ways of working with throwing techniques to create individual style
   • Create a coherent body of thrown ceramic work that shows command of selected techniques
5. Evaluate own thrown work
   • Evaluate development of own technique for thrown ceramic work with others and seek feedback
   • Identify ways to further develop throwing techniques as part of a professional ceramics practice and build ideas into future work

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

research an extensive range of historical and contemporary thrown ceramic work and techniques to inform own designs

refine the use of throwing techniques through a process of thorough experimentation and extensive practice at the wheel to create a coherent body of thrown ceramic work which:

shows a command of chosen techniques in both single works and multiples of related works

demonstrates the development of an individual style

supports own ideas for work.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe copyright, trademarks, design licences and permissions relevant to producing ceramic works

summarise the main aspects of historical and contemporary thrown ceramics practice and how they can inform own design ideas

describe, for the elements and principles of design, the detailed characteristics, complex interrelationships, use in thrown ceramic work and how they may be challenged

describe the features of these ceramic forms created through throwing:

cylinder

ovoids

open

closed

explain the features of a range of advanced throwing techniques and how they work to achieve different effects in thrown ceramic work

describe, for a wide range of materials used to produce thrown ceramic items, the:

physical properties and capabilities

characteristics of materials under different treatments and how they work to achieve different effects

explain ways to explore, adapt and experiment with different throwing techniques and materials to develop an individual style

summarise the key physical features, functions and maintenance requirements for a wide range of tools and equipment used to produce thrown ceramic items

discuss typical work space requirements for producing thrown ceramic items including ways of organising space and equipment for safe and efficient work operation

explain key safety requirements for ceramic work.

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