Clay Vocab
This medium is defined as, " a natural material that is easy to mold when wet but can be hardened through a firing process."
What is clay?
True or False: You can glaze the bottom of your ceramic piece?
What is "False?"
This is the very first thing we completed in class for this new project?
This is a tool used to flatten out clay
What is a rolling pin?
This up-and-coming woodworking artist from Milwaukee is known for making artworks of nostalgic imagery out of wood scraps he has taken out of dumpsters. His artworks have been reposted on social media by both the official Bucks & Brewers social accounts.
Who is Ike Winter?
The definition of this vocab word reads, "a long, rolled out piece of clay."
What is a coil?
True or False: Clay is recycable, meaning once it has dried, it can be rewet, rewedged, and remoldeable.
What is "true?"
This was the second thing we would be doing for our clay project?
This is a tool that is primarily used for carving small designs or scoring the surface of clay.
What is a "needle tool?"
This alleyway behind the Oriental Theater in downtown Milwaukee contains temporary street-art murals painted by a wide range of artists.
What is Black Cat Alley?
This clay technique is defined as, "physically adding an indentation into a clay piece."
What is a push in?
This is where dry clay should be put at the end of each class period.
What is, "in the slip bucket?"
This is the step we will take after we draw out our project plan.
What is "practice clay techniques?"
This is a tool that is used to smooth out clay and can come in multiple shapes and sizes.
What is a "rib tool?"
This Illinois-born artist is known for multiple murals painted throughout Milwaukee, including the famous mural of Giannis Antetokounmpo downtown.
What is Mauricio Ramierez?
This vocab word is defined as, "pieces of clay that are attached to a main body of clay."
What is an add on?
What is. "wrapping my clay in wet paper towel, then wrapping my piece in a tight bag."
This is what you are adding on top of one another to create the walls of your clay piece.
What are "Coils?"
This is a tool used to scoop out parts of clay from your piece.
What is a "loop tool?"
This famous Black artist from Denver, nicknamed 'Detour' has painted a mural in Downtown West Allis of a son sitting on his father's shoulders in 2020.
What is Thomas Evans?
This clay technique is used to attach two pieces of clay together. One first ____ the surface of the clay and adds _____. The two pieces are then placed on top of each other and smoothed out alongside the edges.
What is slip & scoring?
This is what is required of me at the end of each class period when working with clay (2 Things).
What is, "wiping down my tables with soap, water, or alcohol wipes, putting tools back in their correct container?"
What are the requirements that are needed for your clay project?
What are, "push ins, add ons, and fully glazing your piece, inside & out?"
This is a tool that is used to cut large chunks of clay out from the main block of clay.
What is a, "wire cutter?"
This famous artist from West Allis has a piece in the Milwaukee Art Museum titled "H Bomb" and his entire collection of artworks is preserved by an art museum in Sheboygan for viewing today.
Who is Eugene Von Bruenchenhein?