Clay Vocab

Question 1

Green Ware

Answer 1

The clay is easily workable and bendable.

Question 2

Leather hard

Answer 2

The clay is still workable but is no longer bendable.

Question 3

Bone dry

Answer 3

Clay is dry- no longer workable- at this stage it is ready to be fired.

Question 4

Score

Answer 4

To create teeth on both sides of the clay.

Question 5

Slip

Answer 5

Saturated clay that works as glue for the clay.

Question 6

Firing

Answer 6

Cooking the clay/changing the clay’s chemical properties.

Question 7

Kiln

Answer 7

The machine you cook the clay in.

Question 8

Bisque (▲05)

Answer 8

The first fire- clay reaches roughly 1900* - this is a low fire/half fired.

Question 9

Pinch pots

Answer 9

A pot created by putting your thumb into the middle and pinching around the sides/ the oldest form of pottery.

Question 10

Coils

Answer 10

An evenly rolled long narrow strip of clay- it resembles a snake.

Question 11

Slab

Answer 11

An even flattened piece of clay

Question 12

2 Dimensions

Answer 12

Having height and width

Question 13

3 Dimensions

Answer 13

Having height, width and depth

Question 14

Subtractive Sculpting

Answer 14

Carving or taking clay away from a sculpture.

Question 15

Additive Sculpting

Answer 15

Adding clay to a sculpture.

Question 16

Realistic Art

Answer 16

Artwork that is recognizable

Question 17

Abstract Art

Answer 17

Artwork that is NOT recognizable

Question 18

Medium/Media (if using more than 1 material)

Answer 18

Materials used to make art.

Question 19

Shape

Answer 19

An element of design that is two-dimensional and encloses area.

Question 20

Form

Answer 20

An element of design that is three-dimensional (having length, width, and depth), while also enclosing volume.