Clay Toolbox
The process in which we chemically change clay into ceramics.
What is firing
Can be found underground & usually near water sources. We use it create ceramics.
What is Clay
This is the most fragile stage of clay
What is greenware or bone dry
the darkness or lightness within an art piece.
What is Value?
this is how we hand build by rolling long cylinders of clay
What is Coils
if you do not score & slip clay attachments, this happens to the attachments...
What is Fall Off
To make this, you must first start from a ball of clay, and then using your thumbs pinch it into a form.
What is a pinchpot
This is the 3Dness or the actual 3 dimensionality of an object
What is Form?
This stage of clay is when the clay is completely dry.
What is bone dry?
This will happen to clay if it has a pocket of air when fired
What is explode
the mark left by a point moving through space
What is Line?
The stage of clay which is still soft and pliable.
What is plasticity or wet clay
Clay does this as it is left uncovered...
What is Dry
a two-dimensional, flat area that is defined by its outline or boundary, usually enclosed.
What is Shape?
Before clay pieces are a fired they are called ...
What is Greenware
Cutting in to the surface of a piece to create designs
What is incising
Ropes of clay that are stacked to make forms
What is coil?
a visual element created by light reflecting off an object
What is Color?