What is slip, plastic, leather hard, bone-dry, bisque ware, glaze ware?
100
This is applied to a piece of bisque ware and then fired to create a non-porous surface to a ceramic piece with either a glossy or smooth finish
What is glaze?
100
A method of hand building in which you roll out flat, thin sheets of clay with a rolling pin
What is a slab?
100
The four steps of the critique process
What is description, analysis, interpretation, evaluation?
100
The space around an object, not taken up by the form itself
What is negative space?
200
A synonym for greenware
What is bone-dry?
200
Between which two stages of clay is the chemical composition of the clay permanently changed?
What is greenware to bisque ware?
200
A way of hand building that involves rolling out thin long pieces of clay and spiraling them up to form a vessel
What is coil?
200
This step of the critique process is being demonstrated by the statement: "The man in this sculpture seems to be staring off into space and deep in thought. The mood is serious and mysterious because you don’t know what he’s thinking about."
What is an interpretation?
200
When a sculpture is completely unattached and can be seen from all sides
What is freestanding?
300
The stage of clay when clay is very soft and flexible and stretches without breaking
What is plastic?
300
A piece of equipment used to heat clay at very high temperatures
What is a kiln?
300
A way of hand building that involves gently and continuously pressing your thumb on the inside of a ball of clay with your fingers cupped around the outside
What is pinch pot?
300
This step of the critique process is being demonstrated in this statement: "The crouched-over position of this man’s body and the way his hand is curling under his chin towards his body creates a sense of unity."
What is analysis?
300
Art that is created for purely aesthetic or decorative reasons and serves no other purpose than to look at it
What is non-functional?
400
The best stage to attach pieces of clay together - the clay is firm but "carve-able"
What is leather hard?
400
The stage of clay in which you can no longer reclaim it
What is bisque ware or glaze ware?
400
Slip (definition and use)
What is a mixture of mostly water and a little bit of clay, used to attach pieces of clay together?
400
This step of the critique process is being demonstrated by this statement: "I think this sculpture is successful in its craftsmanship because its proportional and well-done. However, I think its unsuccessful in its originality because its not particularly imaginative."
What is an evaluation?
400
"Relief is a sculptural technique in which you give the impression that the clay has been raised above a flat background. We used relief sculpture technique in this project
What is the tile project?
500
The process of taking unwanted greenware, slip, and very dry clay and returning it to a consistent plastic stage clay body
What is reclaiming?
500
This is a precautionary measure that you can take to keep your work from blowing up in the kiln. Similar to kneading dough; this process works out air bubbles and moisture and creates a consistent claim body.
What is wedging?
500
Once clay has become bone-dry, you can no longer do these two things?
What is attach pieces or reshape it?
500
Give a complete and detailed description of an artwork.
(Response needs to include the label info and subject matter of the artwork - told in such detail that someone who can't see it can imagine it in their head)
500
3 functions of art in society
What is religious/ceremonial, advertisement, entertainment, decoration, home-related products?