CPAR (Medium and Technique) Flashcards
It is the oldest art form due to the fact that
its medium, earth is abundant.
pottery
Refers to earthenware that
is typically REDDISH, BROWN,
fired porous and kept unglazed
terracotta
Refers to clay formed “with other elements, FIRED AT A HIGHER TEMPERATURE to harden the material and glazed to make it NON POROUS
ceramic
Where shape are formed
on a ball of clay using
BARE-HANDS
free modeling
It is a general method of producing a
surface or an object by intertwining a
longitudinal strip or strand
weaving
It is a coating of glass-like
substance fused with ceramic
materials to make it waterproof
glazed
It can be coiled, Pinch or Slab
hand construction
one of the oldest ways of forming pottery. Long strands/snakes/coils of clay which are laid on top of each other and joined through slipping and scoring
coiled pottery
Refers to ceramic made from vitreous (glass) or semi vitreous clay fired at high temperature. It may or may not be glazed
stoneware
starting with a ball of clay the potter opens a hole into the ball and forms a bowl shape through a combination of stroking and pinching the clay
pinch pots
It is dark glazed with surface that resembles oil
spotting, found in Chinese and Japanese
ceramics
tenmoku
It is the glaze in pale greyish shade of green
used on stoneware, associated with the Song
Dynasty of the 13th Century
celadon
pansol, calamba Laguna are well known for
having formulated their own Glazes of Celadon and Tenmok
Jon and Tessy Pettyjohn
Where a rotating platform is used to hallow
out the ball of clay from the center in order to
form a shape
potters wheel
Is a primeval form of palm leaf weaving. It is
associated with the catholic ritual of palm
Sunday.
palaspas
Plants are the main materials of this weaving
process. It can be cut into strips or straw, sundried, boiled, dyed and
sometimes oiled
basketry
It is mat woven from leaves or grass. The grass are first gathered, sundried and
cooked and dyed in different colors. Vegetables dye and coconut oil are used
to make each strand durable
banig
is of course the finest
and most sophisticated form of
weaving that requires a loom
textile