Art Vocabulary Flashcards
Ceramic
Having to do with clay or glass or the making of objects from clay or glass(TOC)
Slip
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.
Score
To draw or make lines into clay.
Slip/Score Technique
Method used in hand building to connect tow pieces of clay together.
Wedging
Is the process of kneading the clay so as to remove air pockets and create uniform consistency of clay
Coil Method
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
Stoneware
High-fire clay. Stoneware is waterproof even without glaze; the resulting ware is sturdier than earthenware
Slab
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
Bone Dry
Clay that is completely dried but not yet fire
Greenware
a term used to describe unfired clay objects in general.
Bisque Ware
Clay objects that have been fired for the first time and without any glaze applied to them
Glaze Ware
Bisque ware that has been glazed then fired
Fettling Knife
Is a special knife-like tool with a fairly flexible blade for cutting into moist and leather-hard clay
loop Tool
A special tool with a wooden handle and a wire loop at one or both ends, used for carving and hollowing out clay forms
Sprigging-On
A term used to describe the technique of adding small clay forms as decoration on the surface of pottery forms; also called applied decoration
Incising
Is a decoration technique, created by carving lines into the clay or carving small areas out of the clay but not perforating it
Kiln
A furnace designed specifically for heating clay to the temperatures necessary to make it permanently hard and stone like
Element
The heating coils of an electric kiln
Footing
The bottom of a piece that rests upon a surface
Firing
Clay is hardened by heating it to a high temperature, fusing the clay particles
Glaze
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
Slip Clay
Clay in liquid form
Bat
A plaster disk or slab for clay work
Casting
A clay form made from a mold. May also be referred to “ plaster castings”
Casting Slip
Is liquid clay used in the process of forming objects with molds. Also referred to as “slip”
China
A term which usually refers to the bone china of England, but also is associated with vitreous white wares and porcelain.
Conditioning coat
Is an thin of color that will soak into the green ware or bisque ware
