Glazes
History
construction/ Hand-Building methods/ decorative techniques
Tools
Stages of Clay
100
When glaze is fired onto a piece it is like covering the piece with what?
Glass
100
How had ceramics been fired before high temperature kilns?
The sun
100
Why do you slip and score in ceramics?
To attach two pieces together.
100
What are these called?
Carving tools
100
What stage of clay is this?
Wet
200
How many coats of glaze should you used to avoid transparencies?
Three
200
When does the oldest known ceramic artifact date back to?
28,000 BCE
200
What projects did we used blending/welding in?
Coil project, Tile project, Lantern project, and the pinch project. All of them!!
200
what is this used for
carving and cutting
200
What stage of clay is this?
Leather hard
300
Why are you told not to glaze on the bottom of your projects?
The Glaze is like glue and will sticking to anything it is touching in the kiln.
300
Where does the first example of pottery appear?
Eastern Asia
300
What project did we used the cutout technique for?
the slab lantern
300
What is are these tools called?
Wooden rib tool
300
These projects have not been fired yet. What stage of clay are they?
Bone Dry
400
What is the name of this color glaze (mayco stroke and coat)?
Blue Isle
400
Starting in 9,000 BCE, what were ceramics used for?
Containers for water and food usually involved in storage or travel.
400
Which construction method involves rolling clay with your hands?
Coil construction
400
What is this tool and what is it used for?
Wire tool, cutting slabs of clay from the block.
400
What ceramic stage is this?
Glaze-wear
500
What is the name of this glaze color? (mayco stoke and coat)
Cara-bein Blue
500
What is Venus of Dolní Věstonice?
one of the oldest known ceramic artifact/ a statue of a woman.
500
Which construction method involves using a rolling pin?
Slab construction
500
What was one thing mentioned in class that the wooden rib tool could be used for?
Creating a domed lid for the slab lantern project
500
These have just been fired. what is this ceramic stage called?
Bisque