Christian Crews art vocabulary Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

ceramic

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2
Q

clay that has been watered down acts as glue to slip/score technique

A

slip

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3
Q

to draw or make lines into clay

A

score

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4
Q

method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay together

A

slip and score tech

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5
Q

is the process of kneading clay out get out air pockes

A

wedging

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6
Q

long strands of clay are laid on top of each other and joined coil to coil

A

coil method

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7
Q

waterproof even without glaze it is sturdier than earthenware

A

stoneware

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8
Q

flattened out piece of clay

A

slab

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9
Q

clay that is completely dry even without firing it

A

bone dry

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10
Q

unfired clay

A

greenware

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11
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clay objects that have been fired for 1st time without glaze

A

bisque ware

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12
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bisque ware that has been glazed and fired

A

glaze ware

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13
Q

special knife used for cutting into moist and leather hard clay

A

fettling knife

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14
Q

special tool with wooden handle and wire at one or both ends

A

loop tool

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15
Q

technique of adding small clay forms as decoration.

A

sprigging on

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16
Q

decoration by carving lines into clay

A

incising

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17
Q

furnace used for heating clay to temperatures necessary to make it permanently hard and stone like

A

kiln

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18
Q

heating coils for kiln

A

element

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19
Q

bottom of a piece that rests upon a surface

A

footing

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20
Q

clay is hardened when put to a specific temperature

A

firing

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21
Q

glass forming chemicals it is put on clay then creates a glass like surface to the clay

A

glaze

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22
Q

clay in liquid form also known as slip with clay after it

A

slip clay

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23
Q

plaster disk or slab used for clay work

A

bat

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24
Q

clay form made from mold

A

casting

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25
Q

liquid clay also known as slip with casting in front of it

A

casting slip

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26
Q

bone CHINA of england

A

china

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27
Q

thin coat of color that will soak into greenware or bisque ware

A

conditioning coat

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28
Q

mixture of

A

cone

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29
Q

small clay cone holder used when cones are placed on shelves

A

cone plague

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30
Q

mixture of time and temperature of when the cone will bend show kilns temperature on shelf

A

cone temperature

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31
Q

low fire clay body which is fired at 2000 oF

A

earthenware

32
Q

a ceramic where it has been tested so you can eat or drink on it (ex: Mug)

A

food safe

33
Q

base of ceramic

A

foot

34
Q

shiny glass like finish

A

gloss

35
Q

coating that is put on kiln to protect them

A

kiln wash

36
Q

greenware that is firm (2nd stage of dryness)

A

leather hard

37
Q

soft finish but little or no shine

A

matte

38
Q

color that does not let other colors through

A

opaque

39
Q

small holes in kiln

A

peep holes

40
Q

tiny holes in the final surface finish of a glaze or underglaze

A

pin holes

41
Q

ability of clay being able to be formed then back to normal

A

plasticity

42
Q

pillars that protect kiln when firing

A

posts

43
Q

satin like surface which has a slight sheen on it

A

semi matte

44
Q

colors that let dark colors show through

A

semi opaque

45
Q

color that allows most colors to show through

A

semi transparent

46
Q

cone temperature that is fired on shelf of kiln

A

shelf cone temperature

47
Q

natural sponge used for cleaning

A

sponge

48
Q

clear base colors which are free from cloudiness

A

transparent

49
Q

color applied to greenware and is covered with glaze

A

under glaze

50
Q

small holes made by puncturing greenware with needle tool

A

vent holes

51
Q

pot made by pinching the clay

A

pinch pot

52
Q

brownish orangish earthenware found usually for ceramic sculpures

A

terra cotta

53
Q

clay made from potters wheel

A

wheel thrown

54
Q

making something with clay only using your hands

A

handbuilding

55
Q

technique used by inserting your thumb into clay then creating a pot with is

A

pinch

56
Q

making a ceramic item out of many coils of clay

A

coil

57
Q

flat slabs pf clay are pressed into molds in order to create various shapes

A

molding

58
Q

liquid clay

A

slip

59
Q

technique by scratching two pieces of clay then putting them together using slip

A

score and slip

60
Q

wet leather hard and bone dry

A

stages of dryness

61
Q

leather hard clay iscoated with slip of different colors and then a picture is added by carving or scraping off the slip to revealt he real clay

A

sgraffito

62
Q

patterns are created by brushing wax over an area of clay to resist the final glaze application when wax is dry

A

wax resist

63
Q

Slip is applied to greenware through a tube like icing a cake

A

slip trailing

64
Q

pressing forms into clay

A

stamping

65
Q

firing earthenware then applying tin enamel then a design is painted on it.

A

majolica

66
Q

creating different designs by folding different colored clay then slicing them like rolled cookies

A

mille fiore

67
Q

heating pottery in a kiln

A

firing

68
Q

ceramic ware that has been fired once without glaze

A

bisque

69
Q

clay that has not been fired

A

greenware

70
Q

glass like coating

A

glazz

71
Q

kiln that has no air

A

reduction

72
Q

oxidation

A

kiln with air

73
Q

firing pottery that is not bone dry

A

raku

74
Q

opening top of a vase

A

mouth

75
Q

narrow part of the vase that leads from the body of the vase to the mouth

A

neck

76
Q

main part of vase

A

body

77
Q

part of vase that meets the floor

A

foot