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Elements of Art
Techniques
Stages of Clay
Equipment
Materials
100
Can be jagged, thin, or thick
What is line
100
You do this to make coils
What is rolling
100
The stage in which clay is wedged and can be rolled into coils
What is plastic
100
A type of high temperature ‘oven’ used for firing ceramic ware
What is a kiln
100
A mixture of dry powdered ingredients and water that is soft when wet, brittle when dry, and very hard when heated
What is clay
200
Surface Quality (smooth, rough, etc)
What is texture
200
The process of applying heat to chemically change clay
What is firing
200
The stage in which the clay is stiff, but still workable. It is best to carve during this stage
What is leather hard
200
A ceramics tool consisting of two rollers and a bed able to flatten clay pieces evenly
What is a slab roller
200
A clay piece that is air dried and hardened by not yet fired; this is the most brittle state for clay
What is greenware/bonedry
300
Three dimensional object (height, width, and depth)
What is form
300
Creating ceramic forms by building up slabs or coils, as opposed to forming then on a pottery wheel
What is handbuilding
300
In this stage it is too late to fix cracks. It is also the last stage in which clay can be recycled
What is bone dry
300
This is used to spin clay into a plate, vase, or bowl
What is a pottery wheel
300
A glass like coating that bonds to a ceramic surface and provides color
What is glaze
400
The empty area above, below, and around an object
What is negative space
400
This must be done when joining pieces of clay
What is slip and score
400
This is what a bone dry piece is called
What is greenware
400
This piece of equipment can make coils for you
What is an extruder
400
Type of clay that in non-porous (waterproof) when fired
What is stoneware
500
Two elements we focus on most during ceramics
What are form and texture
500
This must be done to clay to remove air pockets before using it
What is wedging
500
This clay has been fired once
What is bisqueware
500
A machine with revolving blades that chop, mix, and extrude clay; can be used for recycling used clay or mixing new clay
What is a pugmill
500
Recycling unfired pieces of clay in order to reuse them for something else
What is reclaim