This technique to build in clay involves rolling out clay into long snake-like pieces and stacking.
What is coil building or coil technique
100
This is bone dry clay that is ready to be fired. It is at its' most delicate state.
What is greenware?
100
Artists make small 3-d versions of a planned project. These are only a couple inches tall usually when made of clay. They can also be made of paper, especially for slab projects.
What is a maquette?
100
Clay dust contains this particle that is harmful to the lungs.
What is silica?
100
Henry Moore was first inspired to be a sculptor after learning about this artist.
Who is Michelangelo?
200
These THREE steps are the process for joining two pieces of
wet clay together.
What is SCORE, SLIP and SMOOTH?
200
This is fired, bare clay.
What is bisque ware or bisqued clay?
200
This big oven is used to fire the clay.
What is a kiln?
200
Of the many types, oil-based, water-based, latex-based, we use this at Central High School before firing in the kiln.
What is water-based clay?
200
Country Henry Moore is from.
What is England?
300
This technique involves starting with a ball of clay and squeezing the clay to form walls.
What is pinching method/ technique?
300
Clay that is partially dried and is finished shrinking, still visibly damp but can be handled without misshaping.
What is leather hard clay?
300
This is a unit of measurement used for the kiln.
What is a cone?
300
Safety tip: You add one of these to a hollow and fully enclosed form. This will help any trapped air escape from form when firing in the kiln.
What is a pinhole/ small hole?
300
Moore loved to sculpt clay because it's ease of manipulation. When clay is easy to manipulate in your hands it is said to be.........
What is MALLEABLE? Or the clay has MALLEABILITY.
400
You use this technique when building with flat even pieces of clay.
What is slab building/technique?
400
A type of pottery that is fired at low temperatures, red/ orange when bisque, porous, ∆04 - ∆06
What is earthenware?
400
You do this push-pull process to clay get rid any air pockets in the clay?
What is wedging or wedge?
400
If you do not add a pinhole to full enclosed pieces, this can happen to your clay during the firing process.
What is explode in the kiln?
400
Henry Moore always made drawings or models of his ideas in clay or plaster. He made the final project in either of these two materials.
What is bronze cast or carved on stone?
500
This is the oldest known technique for making pots out of clay.
What is pinch technique?
500
a high-fire clay, non-porous, vitreous ceramic
What is stoneware?
500
You can do this to the surface of clay when it is leather hard. You would use a smooth rock or back of a metal spoon to create a very smooth sometimes glossy exterior.
What is burnishing?
500
The person responsible for each individual project made in Ceramics.
Who is the student? The STUDENT is always responsible for putting THEIR NAME on THEIR WORK and placing in the correct area.