General Art Questions
Ceramic Materials
Ceramic Techniques
Ceramics Tools
Ceramic Potpurri
100
The surface quality of an object, such as rough or smooth.
What is texture?
100
A mixture of water, ground stone, minerals, "dirt", and glass.
What is clay?
100
The process used to attach two pieces of clay.
What is slipping and scoring?
100
This is the "oven" used to "bake" the clay.
What is a kiln?
100
This is a flat piece of clay used for decoration or for sealing in a wall, floor, or roof.
What is a tile?
200
Red, Yellow, and Blue are known as this.
What are the primary colors?
200

The "paint" made of colorants and clay, that is applied before the first firing. It will create a matte appearance.

What is underglaze?

200
This is when you remove clay from the middle of a thick section of a sculpture.
What is hollowing?
200

These two tools are used to make a piece of clay flat.

What are a rolling pin and slab roller?

200
This is the process of re-soaking dry clay, then letting it dry out again to become useable clay.
What is recycling or reclaiming?
300
Green, Orange, and Purple are known as these.
What are secondary colors?
300
This is a very watery version of clay that is used for patching, smoothing, and attaching pieces of clay.
What is slip?
300

A process of attaching more pieces of clay to create a texture or form.

What is additive sculpting? (or relief sculpture)

300
This tool is used to slice big pieces of clay off from a larger chunk (hint: it's not green!).
What is a wire tool or cutting wire?
300
When you "cook" clay in the kiln, it is called this.
What is firing/to fire?
400
This is an image or picture that has a specific meaning attached to it.
What is a symbol?
400

The "paint" made of colorants and glass used to finish ceramic pieces after it's been fired for the first time.

What is gloss glaze?

400
A process of removing clay to create form or texture.
What is subtractive sculpting?
400

This is the tool that has two different ends for sculpting; one is a triangle blade, the other is a metal scooping shape.

What is a sgraffito tool

400
This is the stage of unfired clay where it is the MOST fragile.
What is bone-dry?
500
This is a pattern or guide that you can use to make the same shape many times.
What is a template?
500
These are used as supports between the kiln shelves.
What is a post?
500

If you want to create a solid-looking shape, you need to make sure to have this to let air escape.

What is a vent?

500
We can put our projects on these in the kiln so that they do not stick to the kiln shelves.
What is a stilt/stilts?
500
Fired clay is referred to as this.
What is bisqueware?
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