Nearly 5 months of a summer break.... exploring, discovering, creating, maybe working in our jobs, maybe doing no work at all, classmates leaving to America and Denmark ..... Third year has came upon us.

After being given expectations, deadlines and an expanding list of things to do....Work begins Monday 9.15am.

We can do this 3rd years!!!!!!

Moving out for the next tenants

The 2012 graduates from the Ceramic Department have long fled the nest of the studio at UU and some are even exhibiting at the Naughton Gallery but the show must go on and the stage is now set for another group of eager and talented ceramicists to have their turn. 

Before passing on the fire though there are a few things you should know!; 

Never piss off Brian - you learn this in first year, he is the kiln brick to your kiln.

You think you would never steal peoples tools but this year anything goes.

If you're using a department glaze STICK TO THE SET FIRING SCHEDULE 

Buy your own chalk 

Do not throw out anything you make, even that 30 second clay snowman you made at christmas, e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g counts 

Don't take any negative emotion from your classmates to heart, people get crazy 

Move your car before 16:30

Do not freak out about your dissertation its not as substantial as people make it out to be

Tom likes cake, really.

Go to every masterclass

Don't ask security/Derek to open the kiln room

Buy your own clay and learn to love it

Don't punch things when things get bad, there's always a solution

Have tutorials with tutors other than your own dedicated one, its great to have another point of view

Have tutorials with each other

Don't always listen to peoples opinions from a tutorial - it's your work BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Supply baked goods to Willie & Chris before you ask them to do anything, they're nice really.

Expect people to pull work out of their asses

The studio is not for eating

Claim you're diabetic/Be diabetic for a constant need of food in the studio

Don't go to every masterclass

It's OK to stare at Michael's piercings

Sometimes it's good to let it out

You will have a dirty friday lunch every day of the week

Ask security/Derek to open kiln room

Always get discount in scarva

Clear out before you really have to

Take pictures of your work as many times as you blink

Bring pillows/blankets & always have a comfy chair

Window seats aren't as great as you think they are

You will fill those trolleys

Buy some shares from Scarva

Book a photographer as a group

Always ask for help

Use the red batman phone before you use the fire doors

Use this blog

It's not quantity, but quality, but sometimes its quantity of quality and it's always quantity over nothing

Your pen leaking on a page can be submitted as a drawing

Check your UU email accounts regularly

Do practice led research

This could go on...

HAVE FUN! it'll be over soon :D

Graduation day for the Ceramic students!

Graduation Lists - Summer Graduation 2012 - University of Ulster

The Graduation lists are available through this fabulous digital souvenir booklet! Just in time for our graduation day tomorrow for all the Bachelors in Arts with Honours in Fine & Applied Arts students! 

Return from the chaos

Exhibition over! That's it! after 8 fantastic days the Argillaceous exhibition has came to a close and the ceramic department is slowly recovering from another year of fantastic talent and has begun to transform back to normality again. Who knows what we'll do with all those plinths! 


Look out for everyone looking dapper again at the Waterfront Hall for our graduation on the 4th of July!

Results are in!

5 days left of our exhibition, why not drop in and find out how we all did!

Take a bow

Such a fantastic opening night to reflect our fantastic work! everyone done so well. The ceramic department of the art college was the place to be in Belfast!

1 week left of our exhibition, Floor A, Old Building, 10am - 5pm 

Thursday 14th June 10am - 9pm

Parking is available at Saint Annes Square behind the art college special £3.50 offer from 6pm - 10pm

Be sure to grab a catalogue and one of our huge badges with your favourite art work before they all go!