Art Vocab Words 3

Question 1

Plasticity

Answer 1

Refers to the ability of clay to be formed in to a shape and retain it.

Question 2

Post

Answer 2

Articles made of refractory material which support kiln shelves during firing.

Question 3

Semi-Matte

Answer 3

A satin like surface that has a slight sheen to it.

Question 4

Semi-Transparent

Answer 4

Slightly colored and/or speckled colors which allow most colors to show through with only slight distortions.

Question 5

Shelf Cone Temperature

Answer 5

The cone temperatures that is fired on the shelf of the kiln. The amount of heating the ware actually receives.

Question 6

Sponge

Answer 6

Usually refers to a natural sponge used for cleaning and decorating greenware.

Question 7

Transparent

Answer 7

Clear base colors which are free from cloudiness or distortion.

Question 8

Under Glaze

Answer 8

A color which is usually applied to greenware and in most cases is covered with a glaze.

Question 9

Vent Holes

Answer 9

Small holes made by puncturing the wet greenware with a needle tool when two pieces of ware have been attached.

Question 10

Pinch Pots

Answer 10

Starting with a ball of clay the potter opens a hole in to the ball and forms a bowl shape through a combo of stroking and pinching the clay.

Question 11

Terra Cotta

Answer 11

A brownish-orange earthernware clay body commonly used for ceramic sculpture.

Question 12

Wheel Trown

Answer 12

The term trow comes from Old English meaning spin. A piece of clay is paced on a potter’s wheel head which spins.

Question 13

Hand Building

Answer 13

This term refers to the one of several techniques of building pots using only the hands and simple tools rather than the potters wheel.

Question 14

Molding

Answer 14

In this technique, flat slabs of clay are pressed into molds in order to create various shapes and forms.

Question 15

Wet

Answer 15

Wet clay that can’t hold shape well.

Question 16

Sgraffito

Answer 16

Is a decorating technique leather-hard clay is coated with engobe or slip of contrasting color and then a pic is added by carving or scraping off the slip to reveal the clay underneath.

Question 17

Wax Resist.

Answer 17

In this decorative technique, patterns or designs are created by brushing a wax medium over an area of clay, slip, or glaze to resist the final glaze application when when the wax is dry.

Question 18

Slip Trailing

Answer 18

Slip is applied to greenware through a tube or nozzle.

Question 19

Stamping

Answer 19

This technique of pressing forms into clay to get dectitve effects.

Question 20

Majolica

Answer 20

Firing earthenware then applying enamel ectra;

Question 21

Mille Fore

Answer 21

Folding different colored clay in to rod to make multiply copy.