Clay Tools
Types of Sculpture
Clay Facts
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Random Facts
100

This is the machine that fires the clay.

Kiln

100

This is art made of clay

Pottery or Ceramics

100

This hand-building method is done by rolling a ball, sticking your thumb in it, and squeezing the clay to make a bowl. 

Pinch Pot

100

This person should have won the cardboard house contest

Hansford

100

Your Architectural Letters had to be able to do this on their own.

Stand Up

200

This machine flattens clay into an even layer. 

Slab Roller

200

This type of sculpture often involves dipping strips of paper into a glue mixture.

Paper Mache 

200

You are doing this when working on a pottery wheel. 

Throwing

200

What movie did we watch at the end of Quarter 1

Heavy Weights

200

These are the names of the strings you weave in and out of on a loom (or CD).

Warp Strings 

300

This pointed tool is good for adding texture to your piece. 

Needle Tool

300

This type of sculpture (or art) is created when multiple people work on a single piece. 

Collaborative Art

300
Stacking ropes of clay on top of each other to form a vessel is known as this method.

Coil Method.

300

These two students won the straw tower contest

Presley and Anthony

300

What are sketches you do before starting a sculpture called?

Preliminary Sketches

400

This tool smooths clay while it's spinning on the wheel. 

Sponge

400

This time of art is made of fabric and or string.

Textile Art

400

Clay masks from this Asian culture are often used in stage performances. 

Japanese 

400

How many rolls of tape could you use for your Tape People?

Three

400

In art, what is a theme?

A topic your piece is based on. 

500

This machine makes coils for you.

Extruder

500

Sculpture that is created for a specific location is called this.

Installation Art

500

This is the traditional name of the whistles we created.

Ocarina

500

This was the word used to describe your cardboard houses.

Whimsical 

500

This woman popularized junk sculptures in the 1950s

Louise Nevelson

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