Techniques
The process used for attaching two pieces of clay.
What is score and Slip
A mixture of alumina, silica, silt, and other fine "dirt."
What is clay?
This "oven" is used to "bake" our clay.
What is a kiln?
Red, Yellow, and Blue are examples of this.
What are primary colors?
A flat piece of clay used to seal walls, roofs, or decorate surfaces.
What are tiles?
The process for creating a long tube of clay.
What is rolling a coil
What is glaze?
These tools are used to make a sheet of flat clay.
What is a rolling pin and slats?
Orange, Purple, and Green are examples of this.
What are secondary colors?
This is the process for soaking dry clay so it can be reused again.
What is reprocessing?
The process used for removing air bubbles and aligning clay particles.
What is wedging clay.
A very watery version of clay that is used for patching and attaching pieces of clay together.
What is slip?
This tool is used to cut clay off of the pottery wheel.
What is a wire tool or wire cutter?
The surface quality of an object such as smooth or bumpy.
What is texture?
This is a disease you can get from inhaling clay and glaze dust over a long period of time.
What is silicosis?
A process of removing clay to create a foot ring or altering a form.
What is trimming?
A thin layer applied to kiln shelves to protect them from glaze drips.
What is kiln wash?
This machine is used for mixing recycled clay and removing excess air.
What is a pug mill?
The art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point
What is perspective drawing
This is the stage of unfired clay when it is most fragile.
What is bone-dry?
A technique involving pouring slip into a plaster mold to create an exact replica of an item.
What is slip casting?
This kiln part measures the internal temperature of the kiln.
What is a thermocouple?
This item has plaster slabs on it and is used to dry out sloppy clay so it can be recycled.
What is the reclaim cart?
This artist is well known for realistic paintings of Black people in the style of Old Master paintings
Who is Kehinde Wiley
This step is used to align clay particles and eliminate air bubbles when throwing on the wheel.
What is coning