General Art Questions
The surface quality of an object, how something feels, such as rough or smooth.
What is texture?
The process used to attach two pieces of clay.
What is slip & score.
The process used to attach two pieces of clay.
What is slipping and scoring?
This is the "oven" used to "bake" the clay.
What is a kiln?
This is the stage of unfired clay where it is the MOST fragile.
What is Bone Dry?
Red, Yellow, and Blue are known as this.
What are the primary colors?
A method of forming clay by simply squeezing with fingers.
What is "pinch"?
The process of building up layers of clay in differing colors or textures, and then carving away those layers in forms and shapes to create a 3-dimensional "relief" carving.
What is a carving?
What is it will clog the pipes?
When clay is build on this tool it is not considered "hand-built."
What is a Potters Wheel?
A consistently flattened and smooth clay about the width of your finger.
What is slab?
A process of adding or attaching more clay to create a texture or form.
What is additive sculpting?
This might happen if air pockets, or wet clay is placed in the kiln to bake without letting it reach the Bone Dry stage.
What is explosion?
When you "cook" clay in the kiln, it is called this.
What is firing/to fire?
This is a pattern or guide that you can use to cut out or trace the same shape many times.
What is a stencil?
This is the step for melding 2 pieces of clay smoothly.
What is to blend?
A process of removing clay to create a texture or form.
What is subtractive sculpting.
As your clay hardens, it goes to this stage. After "plastic" but before Bone-Dry. This stage is the best for carving.
What is Leatherhard?
The decrease in size that happens as water evaporates from clay during the firing process.
What is shrinkage?
described as the areas around a work of art that are the not areas of interest.
What is negative space.
The three major ways to hand form with clay.
What is coil, pinch, slab.
Process where clay is thoroughly kneaded before use in sculpture or pottery, to make it malleable and remove air pockets
What is a wedging?
Clay that has been fired once but not glazed is referred to as this. Typically, you apply glaze to clay at this stage.
What is bisque or bisqueware?
If clay becomes too wet this might happen to the working piece.
What is fall apart?