Stages of Clay
What we use to construct and model.
Wet Clay
Pinching clay to form objects. Form of hand-building.
Pinch/Pinch pot
Used to poke holes in the clay
Pin tool (Pin Holes)
Kneading the clay to get air bubbles out.
Wedging
Red Yellow and Blue are what type of colors?
Primary Colors
Clay that is semi-dry and feels like leather, great for carving.
Leather hard
Rope like clay pieces used to hand-build.
Coil
An oven or furnace which clay is fired.
Kiln
Scratching 2 surfaces of clay that will stick together.
Scoring
He painted Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh
All moisture is gone from clay, super fragile and ready to be fired.
Bone dry
Rolling clay into a flat sheet then cutting it into shapes.
Slab
Porous tool that is used to smooth and shape clay.
Sponge
Covering the clay with a damp paper towel then covering it with a plastic bag.
Wrapping up project
When you paint or draw with repetitive dots.
Stippling
Clay fired once, needs to be glazed.
Bisqueware
Shaping clay on a pottery wheel.
Throwing
Most common clay tool used for modeling and adding detail.
Wood Tool
Final step to pottery, painting with a gritty like paint that is glossy when fired.
Glaze/Glazing
He painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
Super wet slop, can be used as pottery glue.
Slip
When you use more than one hand-building technique
Combination
Used to roll out slabs
Rolling Pin
Used to cut clay from the clay bag
wire cutter
The largest/most popular art museum in Kansas City
The Nelson Atkins Art Museum