Artist that became famous for the painting "Starry Night;" after his death. (Hint: Cut off his own ear.)
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
100
Thumbs are pushed into the center, and then walls are created by pinching and turning the pot.
What is a Pinch Pot?
100
A furnace of clay bricks for firing pottery and for fusing glass.
What is a Kiln?
100
The path of a point moving through space.
What is Line?
100
The repetition or reoccurrence of a design element, exact or varied, which establishes a visual beat.
What is Pattern?
200
Artist that became famous for creating mobiles and wire sculptures.
Who is Alexander Calder?
200
This is the technique of building ceramic forms by rolling out coils, or ropes, of clay and joining them together with the fingers or a tool.
What is a Coil Pot?
200
A device with either a manual (foot powered) or an electric rotating wheel head used to sit at and make pottery forms.
What is a Potter's Wheel?
200
Spatial form and is usually perceived as two-dimensional; length & width.
What is Shape?
200
The suggestion of motion through the use of various elements.
What is Rhythm/Movement?
300
Sculptor artist who creates enlarged artwork. Subject of sculptures is usually food or everyday objects.
Who is Claes Oldenburg?
300
Process of kneading the clay with the hands to remove air-bubbles.
What is Wedging?
300
Creating ceramic shapes on the potter’s wheel.
What is Throwing?
300
A continuous area or expanse that is free, available, or unoccupied; positive & negative.
What is Space?
300
The impression of equilibrium in a pictorial or sculptural composition; symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial.
What is Balance?
400
Sculptor artist who creates glass blown sculptures. Usually creates bowls or large installations.
Who is Dale Chihuly?
400
Clay mixed with water; creating a glue consistency.
What is Slip?
400
Completely air dried clay.
What is Bone Dry?
400
Has depth, length, and width and resides in space. It is perceived as three-dimensional.
What is Form?
400
The created center of interest, the place in an artwork where your eye first lands.
What is Emphasis?
500
Sculptor artist famous for creating the sculpture "David."
Who is Michelangelo?
500
A method of joining two pieces of clay together. First, make scratches in the surfaces that will be sticking together. Then, wet the surface with slip, using it like glue.
What is Score and Slip?
500
First clay firing, without glaze
What is Bisque Fire?
500
The tactile qualities of a surface (actual) or to the visual representation of such surface qualities (implied).
What is Texture?
500
Achieved when the components of a work of art are perceived as harmonious, giving the work a sense of completion.