Art Vocabulary Flashcards

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Ceramic

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

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Slip

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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.

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Score

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To draw or make lines into clay.

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4
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Slip/Score Technique

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

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5
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Wedging

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

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Coil Method

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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

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Stoneware

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

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Slab

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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

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9
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Bone Dry

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Clay that is completely dried but not yet fire

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10
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Greenware

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a term used to describe unfired clay objects in general.

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Bisque Ware

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

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Glaze Ware

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Bisque ware that has been glazed then fired

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13
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Fettling Knife

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

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14
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loop Tool

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

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15
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Sprigging-On

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

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16
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Incising

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

17
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Kiln

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

18
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Element

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The heating coils of an electric kiln

19
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Footing

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The bottom of a piece that rests upon a surface

20
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Firing

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

21
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Glaze

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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

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Slip Clay

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Clay in liquid form

23
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Bat

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A plaster disk or slab for clay work

24
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Casting

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

25
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Casting Slip

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

26
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China

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

27
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Conditioning coat

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