Introduction to Ceramics Skill Set
Learn the art of the art of hand building and wheel throwing
Suitable for beginners through to advanced practitioners this course will give you an understanding of how clay performs and plays with different approaches to making and gain an understanding of basic glazing techniques.
Overview
Campus Perth
When Semester 1, 2025 | Semester 2, 2025
How On campus
Learn the art of hand building and wheel throwing
In this skill set you will be introduced to the art of hand building and wheel throwing. You'll gain an understanding of how clay performs and plays with each different approach to making.
You will bring new 3D forms to life with glaze and explore the chemistry and alchemy that can occur with glaze and heat.
This course is suitable for beginners through to advanced practitioners, schoolteachers or art technicians.
Please note this skill set will be run subject to enrolment numbers.
- Hand building with clay
- Basic wheel throwing
- Basic glazing
This skill set has a series of assessable components and it will be necessary for you to have access to a computer to compile and upload these assessments.
If you don’t have access to a computer and WiFi at home, we recommend using our library computers during library hours.
Select your preferred campus and apply
Semester 1, 2025
Details
Course fees
(Tuition fee* $292.80 + Resource fee $115.00 )
(Tuition fee* $88.20 + Resource fee $115.00 )
*Fee disclaimers
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for the entire course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. Please view the full list of Fee disclaimers.
Please note fees listed include all units required to gain this qualification. If you're a continuing student and have successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in, to complete this course.
Enquiries regarding fees can be made by calling us.
Units
Core
| National ID | Unit title |
|---|---|
| CUACER411 | Experiment with techniques to produce ceramic works |
Details
Course fees
(Tuition fee* $292.80 + Resource fee $115.00 )
(Tuition fee* $88.20 + Resource fee $115.00 )
*Fee disclaimers
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for the entire course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. Please view the full list of Fee disclaimers.
Please note fees listed include all units required to gain this qualification. If you're a continuing student and have successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in, to complete this course.
Enquiries regarding fees can be made by calling us.
Units
Core
| National ID | Unit title |
|---|---|
| CUACER411 | Experiment with techniques to produce ceramic works |
Semester 2, 2025
Details
Course fees
(Tuition fee* $292.80 + Resource fee $115.00 )
(Tuition fee* $88.20 + Resource fee $115.00 )
*Fee disclaimers
The fees quoted are estimates only and are for the entire course for students enrolling on a full-time basis. Please view the full list of Fee disclaimers.
Please note fees listed include all units required to gain this qualification. If you're a continuing student and have successfully completed a lower-level qualification that is a prerequisite for this course, you'll only pay for the units that you need to enrol in, to complete this course.
Enquiries regarding fees can be made by calling us.
Units
Core
| National ID | Unit title |
|---|---|
| CUACER411 | Experiment with techniques to produce ceramic works |
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