This course provides the opportunity for students to pursue a self-initiated approach to art practice within a creative methodology that is exploratory, speculative and personal. At the same time, students deepen their awareness of the theoretical, historical and interdisciplinary settings of contemporary ceramic practice. Students are expected to engage with an area of research appropriate to their emerging practice and produce a body of work which evidences a development of relevant ideas and skills. Group seminars and critique develop the capacity to express the central concerns of studio work, constructive critical abilities and skill in their articulation.