Ceramic Product Design & Making
Transform clay into contemporary objects in this 6-credit immersive course exploring form, texture, and function through ceramics.
From hand-building to surface experimentation, students develop a personal design language rooted in material sensitivity and Italian craft culture.
The Course
The program begins with the material itself: clay, porcelain, and glazes, and builds outward toward design thinking and object conception.
Students learn by doing, developing technical confidence through direct experimentation and gradually translating that knowledge into a coherent design practice.
Form, texture, surface, and function are explored not as separate concerns but as dimensions of a single making process. As students grow more fluent in the material, they begin to develop their own objects, conceived and refined through making.
Experimentation remains at the center of the program from the first session to the last.
Set in Florence, the course unfolds within a city where craft culture and contemporary design thinking have long been in dialogue, offering students both the tools and the context to develop an individual creative and craft practice
Final Project
The course concludes with the development of a small capsule collection of ceramic objects, entirely conceived, crafted, and finished by each student.
From first material experiments to resolved design objects, participants move through the full making process, working with clay, porcelain, and glazes to produce a cohesive body of work that reflects their technical progress, design thinking, and individual material sensibility.
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SCHOLA offers a curated selection of studio-based programs in craft, design, and making, developed in collaboration with accredited academic institutions and designed to carry transferable university credits.
Rooted in the Intelligence of the Hands, each program places material experimentation and hands-on practice at the center of the learning experience, offering students a form of education that is as much about making as it is about knowing.
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