Building Techniques I
A hand building technique in which a ball of clay is pinched from the center out with the thumbs to create a bowl shape.
What is pinch technique?
A large oven that ceramics are baked in.
What is a kiln?
When the clay has been fired for the first time but not yet glazed.
What is Bisque ware?
pinch, slab, coil
What are 3 basic construction methods?
Handbuilding technique in which the object is built up with rope like pieces of clay, one on top of another.
What is coil technique?
Objects created from stoneware, porcelain or terracotta
What is ceramics?
A thin coating of special glass, used as a decoration and to seal clay surfaces.
What is Glaze?
the hard condition of the clay when it is almost air-dry
What is leather hard?
used for smoothing clay or adding water to clay
What is a sponge?
Handbuilding technique in which flat pieces of clay are joined together.
What is the slab technique?
Roughing up the surface of the clay for joining pieces.
What is scoring?
The name for the heat that is used in a kiln
What is fire?
Clay that has not been fired.
What is greenware?
Tool has looped metal wire ends for hollowing and sculpting soft clay
What is a loop tool?
A liquid form of clay used as a glue to join pieces. Can also be used for decoration.
What is slip?
Part of the earth, made workable with water, is dried by air, and is made durable with fire.
What is clay?
The temperature that the kiln heats to when firing clay pieces.
What is 1870 degrees?
Too much or little of this makes clay crack.
What is water ?
Tools used to keep the clay the same thickness when rolling
What is a guide?
Joining slabs requires the clay to have the same consistency
What is slightly dry?
Bricks, building and drainage tiles, plumbing fixtures, linings for steel and glass furnaces.
What are industrial uses of clay?
Before firing in the kiln, the clay must do this for several days.
What is dry?
a three-dimensional artwork
What is sculpture?
The general purpose of this tool is to carve into the clay or score the clay.
What is a needle?
The surface quality of clay which can be changed by making impressions using forks, shells, fabrics, pencils to create a design or rough surface.
What is texture?