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100

This is a carving made on a flat surface.  A carving that is raised from a wall and juts out at you.  If you walk behind it, it’s only a flat surface.

What is a relief sculpture

100

What tool can you use to to cut a chunk off of clay or plastilina?

What is a...

plastic knife

cheese wire

floss

fishing wire

twine/string/yarn

100

Pieces of clay soaked in water then mixed/mushed together to create a clay like glue.

What is slip.

100
What is a coil pot?

when you use coils (snake or ropes of clay) to create the structure of a pot.

100

True or False: You should always complete your pottery or clay sculptures in one sitting.

What is false-a-mundo. 

200

This artist created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. 

Who is Maya Lin

200

What children's toy is a great tool to use for clay project at home?

What is play dough tools.

200

dried and hardened enough to be trimmed or decorated with slip but not hard enough to be fired.

What is leather hard clay.

200

a simple form of hand-made pottery produced from ancient times to the present. The pinching method is to create pottery that can be ornamental or functional.

What is a pinch pot.
200

If your sculpture breaks you should do what?

What is contact Mrs. G, your super duper, wonderful oh so cool art teacher asap to let her know what's up.

300

a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a famous or notable person or event.

What is a monument.

300

Name a use for burlap with clay

What is to add texture.


300

used to fuse or adhere embellishments or pieces of clay together after slip and score. Slip and score adjoining piece and then use a coil where they meet and smooth over. This reinforces the pieces that you joined together.

What is a reinforcing coil.

300

Slip and score, precise measurements and details are created using flat pieces of traditionally geometric shapes which are joined at right angles to create the walls of this type of pot.

what is a slab technique.

300

Where should you store your clay projects?

What is in a safe place, away from small hands and not in an area where it will be handled or moved too much. 

400

This artist was the first white artist to show African Americans as heroes. He created the first memorial dedicated to African-American veterans.

Who is Augustus Saint-Gaudens

400

Name a tool you can use to carve designs into your pottery or sculpture project.

What is...

toothpick, pencil, finger nail, Popsicle stick

400

The device used in ceramics to fire (bake) our ceramic art work.

What is a kiln.

400
What is one thing you should avoid when you're drying your clay project.

What is put it on a window sill/heater/vent/fan or other source that will dry a section to fast.

400

Why should you not wait until the last minute for clay projects?

What is because you need to allow to dry and paint and then allow paint to dry...

500

something, especially a structure, established to remind people of a person or event.

What is a memorial.

500

wax- and oil-base modeling material used by sculptors for modeling pieces.

What is plastilina clay

500

What is one way to keep your clay project from falling apart and crumbling AFTER it's been created.

What is using a clear finish to protect it like polycrylic, clear acrylic sealer or modge podge. This will seal your project from any moisture getting to your clay to cause it to get funky weird.