ok, so I didn’t start working with clay today until about 1:30… but it was 9:30 when I stopped for the day… so I’m not far from a full day of working with clay. I started the day with the intention of practicing bowls with rolled rims, and I threw several of them. A friend [...]
THE ART OF JAMES BIGGERS An art exhibit featuring the digital designs of Gastonia native James Biggers, a nationally renowed artist and adjunct instructor at Gaston College, will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at Carrington’s Showroom, 1206 S. York St., Gastonia. Several of Biggers’ works will be available for viewing and for [...]
I have been looking at definitions for certain processes and states that affect ceramic ware, and I came up with the following definitions… I find them a bit confusing. Is there anyone who can save me a few hours of deciphering what these mean (ignoring supercooling, which doesn’t affect ceramics)? Vitreous refers to a material [...]
Many times people have asked me how to load a kiln. Many times I have failed to have the right words to describe it… tonight, Jared asked a simple question that summarized the process…"is it like playin Tetris?"… YES it is very much like playing tetris.. fill in as tightly as you can, leaving no [...]
Now that my schedule has settled down and everything is on track, I have copied my verbose course schedule for the semester from GITI to here. Fall 2008 Advanced C++ [CSC234] William Martin This course is a continuation of CSC 134 using the C++ programming language with standard programming principles. Emphasis is placed on advanced [...]
Last night I ran the first bisque kiln that I have run in about six months. I felt so strange programming the kiln and loading and everything. Luckily it all came back to me and the 8 pieces I fired made it through with no problems. I am starting to believe I need to find [...]
This evening I ran back over my old assignments from my first attempt at Advanced C++ (CSC234) been rereading the original lab I got stuck on that forced the withdraw (well… that lab and the OTHER 18 credit hours [21 total] I was taking at the time). It was a fairly simple lab, just play [...]
I was just looking at some data to see what’s up with the difference in the two reports generated by UNC for my academic record. I first looked up the section title information by searching it for the semester in which I took the course… no match for ART 390 section 991 (the course I [...]
Three issues have come up in regards to me moving records around lately. First, earlier in the spring I prepared paperwork for getting my associate level degrees finalized… unfortunately, there was no high school transcript on file for me at Gaston, even though they have a partial transcript for me as well as having me [...]
Took long enough, but the grades are finally in. I really hope that when UNC transmits the grades to the other schools that they don’t label the course as "SPEC TOPICS STUDIO", that would so suck, especially since that is only the description, the course title is "Digital Photography".
