Clay that is partially dry. Clay is in a state that is ready for construction.
What is leatherhard?
100
A method of creating objects by creating a base and walls using flat rolled out pieces of clay.
What is slab rolling?
100
What your clay goes into for a firing.
What is a kiln?
100
Using masking tape to create straight lines and designs onto your clay project.
What is tape resist?
100
The act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.
What is technical drawing?
200
Clay that has gone through the first firing.
What is bisqueware?
200
Building a bottom and/or walls with even rope-like pieces that are made from wedged clay.
What is the coil method?
200
The process of removing air bubbles from your clay.
What is wedging?
200
What we put under your project, so your glaze doesn't melt and stick to the kiln.
What is a stilt?
200
A repeating element like textures, colors or shapes that show up throughout your piece to bring it together as a complete whole.
What is a unifying factor?
300
Clay that has gone through the second glaze firing.
What is ceramic(s)?
300
What is a mixture of clay and water?
What is slip?
300
Creating decorations by pressing into your clay to create textures. You do not take any clay away from your project.
What is impressed decoration?
300
Using a toothbrush to flick glaze onto your project to create designs.
What is splatter method?
300
Any distinct flat surface of your sculpture.
What is a plane?
400
Clay that is at or near 0 percent moisture.
What is bone dry?
400
A coil of clay used to attach walls together.
What is a seal?
400
The act of smoothing the surface of your clay before it goes for the first firing.
What is burnishing?
400
Starting with a layer of glaze, letting it dry, adding a second layer of glaze and using a ribbon tool to create designs to reveal the first layer of glaze.
What is etching?
400
The father of postmodern architecture.
Who is Frank Gehry?
500
Clay that has been constructed, but unfired.
What is greenware?
500
The act of creating hatch marks in your clay to get them to attach together.
What is scoring?
500
Used for smoothing the surface of your clay. Usually a half circle with a circle cut out the middle of it.
What is a rib?
500
Painting a layer of glaze on your project, letting it dry and scraping it off revealing the white clay underneath using a ribbon tool.
What is sgraffito?
500
The type of process we used to remove air bubbles from your clay.