Overview
Ceramic Handbook is an open online resource for students, teachers, artists and designers working with ceramic materials, within and outside Aalto University. Our goal is to provide an accessible information and inspiration resource for studio learning in ceramics, and to support alumni and life wide learners. The site also highlights projects and current research conducted in Aalto University.
This venture is a joint effort between the Department of Art, Department of Design and Aalto Infra (ceramic studio) to develop and produce instructional materials for ceramic teaching.
Platforms and tools
Aalto Open Learning, Panopto
Visual materials include video production, photographs, illustrations and animations.
Pedagogical methods
The Ceramic Handbook serves as a teaching material both in basic and advanced level. It is developed to be an open educational resource for various pedagogical approaches in different levels of education, and can be applied in many ways.
It gives the basic information of the material and techniques, and elaborates those towards advanced level with more detailed information, artist demonstrations and interviews, academic research and project examples – to inspire learners’ creativity and individual approaches in how to use the material for design and artistic work.
The handbook includes textual information, illustrations, animations and videos to deliver the learning content.
Links & Materials
https://www.aalto.fi/en/workshops-aalto-school-of-arts-design-and-architecture/ceramics
People
Jaana Brinck
School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art
Pilot leader
Tomi Pelkonen
Aalto Infra, Ceramic studio, studio master
Pilot leader
Nathalie Lautenbacher
School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Design
Eeva Jokinen
School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Design
Priska Falin
School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Design
Saija Halko
School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art
Mimi McPartlan
School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art
Aura Latva-Somppi
School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Design
Karen Visuri
IDBM Master’s programme
