Process
To render clay to a permanent state, first it needs to be fired to this stage.
What is Bisqueware
This paint-like mixture is applied to ceramics and fused to the surface through firing
What is Glaze
In this stage of clay, water is added to create the consistency of mud and is used like glue.
What is Slip
The Venus de Milo is missing both her head and ....
What are arms?
This art element refers to a three dimensional shape
What is form
This method of sculpture involves removing materials from a whole to create a finished work.
What is Subtractive
What is Acrylic
This furnace/oven is used for firing ceramic work
What is a kiln
The Thinker is an iconic sculpture by this artist
Who is Rodin?
What do you call unfired clay
What is Greenware
This technique refers to creating pottery on a wheel
What is Throwing
This is a linear and pliable media often used to create armatures
What is Wire
A type of clay that matures at a lower temperature
What is earthenware
Michalangelo is not the only Renaissance artist to create a sculpture of David. Name another artist who created this biblical figure.
Who is Donatello
What is Bone-dry
This process allows artists to make reproductions of their artwork by transfering an image from one surface to another.
What is Printmaking
A type of sculptural material made of gypsum, sand, and water that hardens as it dries.
What is Plaster
To polish and compress leatherhard clay by rubbing it with a smooth, broad tool
What is Burnishing
This Minneapolis sculpture by Claes Oldenburg replicates a large scale everyday object just outside the Walker.
What is the CherryBridge and Spoon
This art element refers to tactile qualities. It can be actual or implied.
What is Texture
An image created by assembling small colored tessera of stone, tile, or glass.
What is a mosaic
Any clay body to which processed cellulose fiber has been added.
What is Paper Clay
What is 2345 degrees
This famous ready-made sculpture of a urinal by Marcel Duchamp was part of a Dadaist exhibit.
What is the Fountain
The scratching or carving away of the surface color to reveal the clay body underneath
What is Sgraffito