Clay vocab Flashcards

1
Q

The clay is easily workable and bendable.

A

Green Ware

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2
Q

The clay is still workable but is no longer bendable.

A

Leather hard

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3
Q

Clay is dry- no longer workable- at this stage it is ready to be fired.

A

Bone dry

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4
Q

To create teeth on both sides of the clay.

A

Score

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5
Q

Saturated clay that works as glue for the clay.

A

Slip

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6
Q

Cooking the clay/changing the clay’s chemical properties.

A

Firing

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7
Q

The machine you cook the clay in.

A

Kiln

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8
Q

The first fire- clay reaches roughly 1900* - this is a low fire/half fired.

A

Bisque (▲05)

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9
Q

A pot created by putting your thumb into the middle and pinching
around the sides/ the oldest form of pottery.

A

Pinch pots

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10
Q

An evenly rolled long narrow strip of clay- it resembles a snake.

A

Coils

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11
Q

An even flattened piece of clay.

A

Slab

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12
Q

Having height and width

A

2 Dimensions

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13
Q

Having height, width and depth

A

3 Dimensions

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14
Q

Carving or taking clay away from a sculpture.

A

Subtractive Sculpting

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15
Q

Adding clay to a sculpture.

A

Additive Sculpting

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16
Q

Artwork that is recognizable

A

Realistic Art

17
Q

Artwork that is NOT recognizable

A

Abstract Art

18
Q

Materials used to make art.

A

Medium/Media (if using more than 1 material)

19
Q

An element of design that is two-dimensional and encloses area.

A

Shape

20
Q

An element of design that is three-dimensional (having length, width, and depth),
while also enclosing volume.

A

Form