Crafts (CRF) at Mountain Empire Community College


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CRF 100 - Survey of Hand Crafts
Surveys traditional and contemporary American hand crafts.
Lecture 2 hours. Studio instruction 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits
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 106 - Pottery Glazing and Decorating
Explores the various techniques of decorating and glazing pottery including the use of texture, colored slips and engobes, wax resist, sgraffito, and glaze experimentation. Prerequisite CRF 105.
Lecture 1 hour. Studio instruction 4 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits
CRF 116 - Arts and Crafts
Provides an opportunity to learn and teach in the following forms: clay, cloth, leather, crayon, metals, paper, print, wood, yarn, natural and scrap material. Emphasizes creativity and the use of common inexpensive and readily available materials with special consideration for the needs and limitations of the elderly.
Lecture 1 hour. Studio instruction 4 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits
CRF 126 - Ceramic Design
Studies functional design of ceramics. Gives a foundation in two- and three-dimensional design.
Lecture 1 hour. Studio instruction 4 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits
CRF 149 - Basic Woodturning
Introduces the student to woodturning techniques including spindle and faceplate turning, tool sharpening techniques and accessories.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
CRF 160 - Stained Glass
Explores the history and techniques of stained glass. Produces stained glass samples using traditional joining techniques.
Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits
CRF 180 - Foundations of Decorative Painting
Introduces vocabulary, tools, and surfaces used in decorative painting. Includes color theory, strokework, color washes, landscape painting, and stenciling, glass and fabric painting. Covers copywright issues.
Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
3 credits
CRF 195 - Topics In
Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.
May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
CRF 295 - Topics In
Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.
May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits
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