Design and Materials 1

Question 1

What is the definition of shape?

Answer 1

a two-dimensional area that is defined in some way by lines; all shapes can be classified as either geometric or free-form (organic)

Question 2

What are organic (or free-form) shapes?

Answer 2

heart, star, flower, leaf

Question 3

What are geometric shapes?

Answer 3

square, circle, triangle, rectangle

Question 4

What are primary colors?

Answer 4

red, yellow, blue; all the other colors can be made by mixing different amounts of these colors, no colors can make these colors

Question 5

What are secondary colors?

Answer 5

green, orange, purple; made by mixing two primary colors

Question 6

What are intermediate (tertiary) colors?

Answer 6

the color in between the primary and secondary colors on the color wheel; made by mixing one primary and one secondary

Question 7

What are warm colors?

Answer 7

red, red orange, orange, orange yellow, yellow, yellow green; yellow and all the colors with red and orange tones

Question 8

What are cool colors?

Answer 8

red purple, purple, blue purple, blue, blue green, green; violet and all the colors with blue and green tones

Question 9

What are analogous colors?

Answer 9

red, red orange, orange and orange, orange yellow, yellow; colors that are close neighbors on the color wheel

Question 10

What are monochromatic colors?

Answer 10

all the colors of a single hue

Question 11

What are complementary colors (pairs)?

Answer 11

red and green, yellow and purple; opposites on the color wheel; make each other brighter; great contrast

Question 12

What is hue?

Answer 12

a color or shade

Question 13

What is the definition of texture?

Answer 13

something that you can feel or gives that appearance

Question 14

What is simulated texture?

Answer 14

appears to feel

Question 15

What is actual texture?

Answer 15

something that you can feel (real)

Question 16

What is the definition of value?

Answer 16

the degree of light and dark in a picture

Question 17

How do we create value in a drawing or painting?

Answer 17

shading and highlighting

Question 18

What is greenware?

Answer 18

any clay that is unfired; clay that still has water in its body

Question 19

What is bisqueware?

Answer 19

has been fired; can never go back to greenware

Question 20

What is glazeware?

Answer 20

any piece that has been fired twice and is completely finished

Question 21

What is glaze?

Answer 21

the finished, glass coating that gives clay its unique color can be all different colors

Question 22

What is wedging?

Answer 22

the act of removing air bubbles from clay

Question 23

What are air bubbles?

Answer 23

tiny pockets of air trapped in clay that expands or explodes when fired

Question 24

What is a kiln?

Answer 24

the oven like device we use to fire pottery; can go up to 2,000 degrees; 1200 degrees for 10-12 hours

Question 25

What is a slip?

Answer 25

the clay solution used to attach clay pieces together; the glue; handles

Question 26

What are scoremarks?

Answer 26

small marks made across the clay that will act as velcro, helping two pieces of clay stick together

Question 27

What is leather hard?

Answer 27

1st stage of dryness; can decorate now; the stage at which you can attach handles, shapes, and pieces of clay together; must use slips and scoremarks

Question 28

What is bone dry?

Answer 28

most dangerous time; extremely fragile; all water has evaporated out of clay and is ready to be fired for the first time

Question 29

What part of the pot do we never glaze?

Answer 29

the bottom

Question 30

What are the two reasons a pot could explode in the kiln?

Answer 30

air bubbles and water