Christian Crews art vocabulary Flashcards
Having to do with clay or glass or the making of objects from clay or glass
ceramic
clay that has been watered down acts as glue to slip/score technique
slip
to draw or make lines into clay
score
method used in hand building to connect two pieces of clay together
slip and score tech
is the process of kneading clay out get out air pockes
wedging
long strands of clay are laid on top of each other and joined coil to coil
coil method
waterproof even without glaze it is sturdier than earthenware
stoneware
flattened out piece of clay
slab
clay that is completely dry even without firing it
bone dry
unfired clay
greenware
clay objects that have been fired for 1st time without glaze
bisque ware
bisque ware that has been glazed and fired
glaze ware
special knife used for cutting into moist and leather hard clay
fettling knife
special tool with wooden handle and wire at one or both ends
loop tool
technique of adding small clay forms as decoration.
sprigging on
decoration by carving lines into clay
incising
furnace used for heating clay to temperatures necessary to make it permanently hard and stone like
kiln
heating coils for kiln
element
bottom of a piece that rests upon a surface
footing
clay is hardened when put to a specific temperature
firing
glass forming chemicals it is put on clay then creates a glass like surface to the clay
glaze
clay in liquid form also known as slip with clay after it
slip clay
plaster disk or slab used for clay work
bat
clay form made from mold
casting
liquid clay also known as slip with casting in front of it
casting slip
bone CHINA of england
china
thin coat of color that will soak into greenware or bisque ware
conditioning coat
mixture of
cone
small clay cone holder used when cones are placed on shelves
cone plague
mixture of time and temperature of when the cone will bend show kilns temperature on shelf
cone temperature
low fire clay body which is fired at 2000 oF
earthenware
a ceramic where it has been tested so you can eat or drink on it (ex: Mug)
food safe
base of ceramic
foot
shiny glass like finish
gloss
coating that is put on kiln to protect them
kiln wash
greenware that is firm (2nd stage of dryness)
leather hard
soft finish but little or no shine
matte
color that does not let other colors through
opaque
small holes in kiln
peep holes
tiny holes in the final surface finish of a glaze or underglaze
pin holes
ability of clay being able to be formed then back to normal
plasticity
pillars that protect kiln when firing
posts
satin like surface which has a slight sheen on it
semi matte
colors that let dark colors show through
semi opaque
color that allows most colors to show through
semi transparent
cone temperature that is fired on shelf of kiln
shelf cone temperature
natural sponge used for cleaning
sponge
clear base colors which are free from cloudiness
transparent
color applied to greenware and is covered with glaze
under glaze
small holes made by puncturing greenware with needle tool
vent holes
pot made by pinching the clay
pinch pot
brownish orangish earthenware found usually for ceramic sculpures
terra cotta
clay made from potters wheel
wheel thrown
making something with clay only using your hands
handbuilding
technique used by inserting your thumb into clay then creating a pot with is
pinch
making a ceramic item out of many coils of clay
coil
flat slabs pf clay are pressed into molds in order to create various shapes
molding
liquid clay
slip
technique by scratching two pieces of clay then putting them together using slip
score and slip
wet leather hard and bone dry
stages of dryness
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
sgraffito
patterns are created by brushing wax over an area of clay to resist the final glaze application when wax is dry
wax resist
Slip is applied to greenware through a tube like icing a cake
slip trailing
pressing forms into clay
stamping
firing earthenware then applying tin enamel then a design is painted on it.
majolica
creating different designs by folding different colored clay then slicing them like rolled cookies
mille fiore
heating pottery in a kiln
firing
ceramic ware that has been fired once without glaze
bisque
clay that has not been fired
greenware
glass like coating
glazz
kiln that has no air
reduction
oxidation
kiln with air
firing pottery that is not bone dry
raku
opening top of a vase
mouth
narrow part of the vase that leads from the body of the vase to the mouth
neck
main part of vase
body
part of vase that meets the floor
foot