Clay & Ceramics
This is the process of kneading clay to remove air bubbles before shaping.
What is wedging?
When you mix acrylic paint with water to create a thin, see-through layer of color.
What is a wash?
A rough sketch or draft of a person used in fashion design.
What is a croquis?
This American ceramicist from Philadelphia uses pottery to address poverty and racial injustice.
Who is Roberto Lugo?
The empty or open area around and between the main subjects in an artwork.
What is negative space?
This type of clay hardens on its own in the air — no kiln needed!
What is air-dry clay?
This chalk pastel technique uses your finger or a paper towel to soften and mix colors together.
What is blending?
This is a fashion design studio or workshop where garments are designed and often handmade.
What is an atelier?
This contemporary artist from Guatemala is known for her 20-year dedication to batik on silk fabric.
Who is Elisa Quevedo?
When one half of a design mirrors the other half exactly.
What is symmetry?
You do this to clay surfaces before joining them — scratching little lines so pieces stick better.
What is scoring?
A material like glue or wax applied to fabric to "block" paint or dye from touching an area.
What is a resist?
This person defines a fashion brand's overall look, style, and creative vision.
What is a creative designer?
This Spanish painter creates dramatic, unconventional landscapes with vibrant color.
Who is Abraham Lacalle?
A subtle, gradual transition between colors or values.
What is symmetry?
A high-temperature oven used to fire clay and make it hard and durable.
What is a kiln?
This is the technique of making circular or curved motions with a chalk pastel while drawing.
What is scumbling?
This is the ratio between the height, width, and depth of a figure in a fashion sketch.
What are proportions?
This creative designer works for Maison Schiaparelli in Paris and is inspired by surrealism and his daydreams.
Who is Daniel Roseberry?
This is how artists use size of elements to show what is most important in a composition.
What is size hierarchy?
This building technique involves rolling clay flat, cutting shapes, and joining them together.
What is slab building?
This type of surface decoration is made by scratching or carving lines into clay.
What is subtractive texture?
This type of drawing captures the action, form, and pose of a figure — quickly and loosely.
What is gesture drawing?
This artist from Singapore set the Guinness World Record in 2003 for the world's longest batik painting.
Who is Sarkasi bin Said?
A three-dimensional hollow object meant to hold something either physical or symbolic.
What is a vessel?