Clay Lifecycle
What is the term for clay that is soft, wet, and ready to be shaped?
What is Plastic?
Warm and cool are two groups used to describe this element of art.
What is color?
What is a mixture of clay and water that we use as a glue?
What is slip?
This principle is created when one part of an artwork stands out more than the rest.
What is Emphasis?
What are colors opposite each other on the color wheel called?
What are complementary colors?
What stage is clay in when it is still damp but firm enough to carve and attach pieces?
What is Leather Hard?
This element refers to how light or dark something appears.
What is Value?
What is the term for a three-dimensional artwork that can be viewed from multiple sides?
What is a sculpture?
This principle refers to the visual "weight" being distributed evenly in an artwork.
What is Balance?
Name at least three Principles of Art.
What are balance, emphasis, contrast, movement, rhythm, pattern, unity, and proportion?
During which stage can clay no longer be reshaped with water?
What is Bisqueware?
Squares, circles, and triangles are examples of this element.
What is Shape?
What must artists do before attaching two pieces of clay together?
What is Score and Slip?
Repeating colors, shapes, or lines creates this principle.
What is Pattern?
Name five of the Elements of Art.
What are line, shape, form, color, value, texture, and space?
Why is it important for clay to dry slowly before firing?
What is "to prevent cracking or breaking"?
This element describes how an object feels or looks like it might feel.
What is Texture?
What material is applied to pottery before the final firing to add color and make it waterproof?
What is Glaze?
What principle of art is created when opposite elements are placed together to create visual interest?
What is contrast?
Name the five major stages of clay from wet clay to finished pottery.
What is plastic clay, leather-hard, bone dry/greenware, bisque ware, and glazed pottery?
What is the name for completely dry clay that has not yet been fired?
What is Greenware?
Sphere, Cone, Pyramid, cube
What is a form?
What common problem occurs when air becomes trapped inside thick clay and expands during firing?
What is explosion/cracking during firing?
This principle occurs when all parts of an artwork work together to create a complete whole.
What is Unity
What happens to clay particles during firing that permanently changes the material into ceramic?
What is Vitrification?