Art Vocabulary

Question 1

Ceramic

Answer 1

Having to do with clay or glass or the making of objects from clay or glass(TOC)

Question 2

Slip

Answer 2

Clay that has been watered down; acts as glue in slip/score technique. Slip a fine, liquid form of clay applied to the surface of a vessel prior to firing. Slip fills in pores and gives uniform color.

Question 3

Score

Answer 3

To draw or make lines into clay.

Question 4

Slip/Score Technique

Answer 4

Method used in hand building to connect tow pieces of clay together.

Question 5

Wedging

Answer 5

Is the process of kneading the clay so as to remove air pockets and create uniform consistency of clay

Question 6

Coil Method

Answer 6

one of the oldest ways of forming pottery. Long strands of clay which are laid on top of each other and joined through blending coil to coil. Coil pieces can be almost any shape and any size

Question 7

Stoneware

Answer 7

High-fire clay. Stoneware is waterproof even without glaze; the resulting ware is sturdier than earthenware

Question 8

Slab

Answer 8

A flattened out piece of clay; you may use a rolling pin or slab roller to achieve a slab of clay. Clay slabs are cut to shape and joined together using scoring and wet clay called slip. Slab can be draped over or into forms, roller around cylinders or built-up into geometric forms. Large forms are difficult because of stresses on the seams and because the slab naturally sags. Some potters get around this by working fibers into the clay body. The fibers burn out during the firing, leaving a network of tiny holes

Question 9

Bone Dry

Answer 9

Clay that is completely dried but not yet fire

Question 10

Greenware

Answer 10

a term used to describe unfired clay objects in general.

Question 11

Bisque Ware

Answer 11

Clay objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze applied to them

Question 12

Glaze Ware

Answer 12

Bisque ware that has been glazed then fired

Question 13

Fettling Knife

Answer 13

Is a special knife-like tool with a fairly flexible blade for cutting into moist and leather-hard clay

Question 14

loop Tool

Answer 14

A special tool with a wooden handle and a wire loop at one or both ends, used for carving and hollowing out clay forms

Question 15

Sprigging-On

Answer 15

A term used to describe the technique of adding small clay forms as decoration on the surface of pottery forms; also called applied decoration

Question 16

Incising

Answer 16

Is a decoration technique, created by carving lines into the clay or carving small areas out of the clay but not perforating it

Question 17

Kiln

Answer 17

A furnace designed specifically for heating clay to the temperatures necessary to make it permanently hard and stone like

Question 18

Element

Answer 18

The heating coils of an electric kiln

Question 19

Footing

Answer 19

The bottom of a piece that rests upon a surface

Question 20

Firing

Answer 20

Clay is hardened by heating it to a high temperature, fusing the clay particles

Question 21

Glaze

Answer 21

Glass-forming chemicals, usually with colorant added, that applied in liquid form to bisque ware and fired in a kiln, form a pleasing, usually glossy coating to the surface of the clay

Question 22

Slip Clay

Answer 22

Clay in liquid form

Question 23

Bat

Answer 23

A plaster disk or slab for clay work

Question 24

Casting

Answer 24

A clay form made from a mold. May also be referred to “ plaster castings”

Question 25

Casting Slip

Answer 25

Is liquid clay used in the process of forming objects with molds. Also referred to as “slip”

Question 26

China

Answer 26

A term which usually refers to the bone china of England, but also is associated with vitreous white wares and porcelain.

Question 27

Conditioning coat

Answer 27

Is an thin of color that will soak into the green ware or bisque ware