Elements and Principles
Critique Process
Tools and Equipment
Stages of Clay
Techniques
100

What element refers to the surface quality or feel of an object?

Texture

100

What is this a definition for; reflective process through which a work of art is discussed and evaluated.

Critique

100

What is the name of the "oven" where we "cook" the clay?


Kiln

100

What stage of clay is soft, workable, and ready to be turned into art?

Plastic

100

What is the name of the technique used to attach two pieces of clay?

Slip and Score

200

What element refers to a continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point?

Line

200

What part of the critique process is this: The artwork below shows a vase with three mock stems with flowers growing out of it. The vase has leaves on it and the flower is yellow with glazed petals. The center of the flowers is blue. 


Describe

200

What is the name of these tools?

Rib Tool

200

What is the name of this stage of clay?


Glazeware

200

What technique is this?

Wedging

300

What principle refers to a repeated element of art?

Pattern

300

What part of the creative process is this: I believe that this artwork is successful. It creates an uncomfortable air through its contrasting texture and functionality. 


Evaluate

300

What is the name of this tool?


Wooden Modeling Tool

300

What stage of clay is best for carving and trimming?

Leather hard

300

What is the name of this decoration technique?


Piercing

400

What principle involves a focal point in the artwork?

Emphasis

400

What part of the critique process is this: The artwork below shows a figure hanging from a rope tied around a giant bird's beak and it is titled "Pursuit of Forbidden Knowledge". The story behind the artwork shows a figure going up against a god in the form of a bird in order to gain some knowledge that the god has deemed the figure not to have. Not taking no for an answer the figure instead decided to fight the god and get the knowledge for themselves but in winning the battle has doomed them both as the fall from the sky. 


Interpret

400

What is the name of this tool used to create coils?


Extruder

400

What is clay called that has been through the kiln once

Bisqueware

400

What is the name of this technique where you underglaze your greenware then scratch at the surface?


Sgraffito

500

Which picture shows a shape and which is a form?

A)

B) 

A) Shape

B) Form

500

What part of the critique process is this: The artwork below shows a ceramic form that is laying in an upside down u. It has high contrast with black and white colors creating organic shapes on the body of the piece. The balance in the artwork is asymmetrical as it is different from one side to the other. The movement of your eye through the piece can be described as travelling from the left to the right following the dark shapes and bubbling in and out with the variety in the form. 

 

Analyze

500

What is this tool called used for throwing ceramics?


Pottery Wheel

500

What is the name for clay in ANY stage before it goes in the kiln?

Greenware

500

What are the 3 handbuilding techniques you learned semester 1?

Pinch (pinch pots)

Coil

Slab

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