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Midterm Study Guide Flashcards

1
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What are the 7 elements of art?

A

line, shape, space, value, form, texture, and color

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What are the 7 principles of design?

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balance, gradation, repetition, contrast, harmony, dominance, unity

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What are the 3 elements of a color?

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hue, value, chroma

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4
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What is a tint of a color? Shade?

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tint- change in hue by adding white

shade- change in hue by adding black

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5
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What is value?

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different intensities of a color

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6
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What is space?

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area between and around objects

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7
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What is texture?

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surface quality that can be seen or felt

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What is shape?

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a closed line

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9
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What are primary, secondary, and tertiary colors?

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primary- cannot be produces by mixing other colors together
secondary- can be produced by mixing primary colors together
tertiary- produced by mixing a primary and a secondary

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10
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What are analogous colors?

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colors next to each other on the color wheel

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11
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What are aesthetics?

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a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty

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12
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What is geological weathering?

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Weathering is the breakdown of rocks at the Earth’s surface, by the action of rainwater, extremes of temperature, and biological activity

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13
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What rock makes up clay?

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silica

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14
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What are clay particle referred to as?

A

platlets

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15
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Where did the original potters work near?

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rivers and streams

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16
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How is clay found?

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mined like iron and coal

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17
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What is the basic formula of clay?

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alumina, silica, water

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18
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What are the three basic hand building methods?

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pinch pot, coil, slab

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19
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What is wedging? What do you wedge?

A

process of getting air bubbled out of clay

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20
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What is the purpose of grog?

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reduces shrinkage and aids drying

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21
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What is plasticity? How can you test plasticity?

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how flexible a clay or clay body is. make clay into a coil and wrap it around your finger

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What are four properties you should know about all clay you work with?

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plasticity, shrinkage, texture, and moisture

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23
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What is traditional pottery?

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Pottery that has been formed by hand, painted with natural pigments, and fired with an organic fuel

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24
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What are the names for the different moisture levels of clay from most liquid to most dry?

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slip, plastic, leather-hard, bone dry, bisqueware, earthenware, stoneware

25
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What is the term for unfired clay?

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greenware/bone dry

26
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What is the term for clay after its first firing?

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bisqueware

27
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What is ware?

A

pottery

28
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What is porosity?

A

tiny pores in the clay to allow the escape of water during drying and firing

29
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What does it mean to vitrify?

A

become glass-like

30
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What does it mean to become refractory?

A

difficult to work or melt

31
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What is earthenware clay? Firing temp?

A

second fire-low fire

32
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What is stoneware clay? Firing temp?

A

second fire-high fire

33
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What clay is good for beginners to use?

A

earthenware

34
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When is a good time to apply two pieces of clay?

A

when the clay is plastic

35
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How do you keep clay from drying too quickly?

A

wrap clay in plastic while not working with it

36
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How much of Earth’s surface is clay or clay forming material?

A

75%

37
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What is organic matter?

A

matter composed of organic compounds that has come from the remains of organisms such as plants and animals and their waste products in the environment

38
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What are the 3 properties that set clay apart from sand or dirt?

A

plasticity, porosity, and vitrify

39
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How do you properly attach 2 pieces of clay?

A

slip and score

40
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What do you use a potters needle tool for?

A

carving, cutting, scoring

41
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What do you use a fettling knife for?

A

cut, carve, score

42
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What do you use a modeling tool for?

A

smooth, shape, scrape

43
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What do you use a wire clay cutter for?

A

to cut clay off of larger pieces

44
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What do you use a loop tool for?

A

to trim and remove any excess clay

45
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What is impressing?

A

pressing a tool into the clay surface to make a design

46
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What is incising?

A

cutting into the surface of clay

47
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What is a pierced design?

A

design that goes all the way through

48
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What is applique?

A

applying one piece of clay onto another

49
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What is sprigging?

A

decorate with small, separately molded designs.

50
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What can you do during slab forming to create interesting textures?

A

impress on a design or applique

51
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What is burnishing?

A

making the surface smooth by rubbing

52
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What is a Saggar?

A

A protective fireclay box enclosing ceramic ware while it is being fired

53
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What is kiln wash?

A

a sacrificial layer of material between pot and kiln shelves; prevents glaze from sticking to shelves.

54
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What is kiln furniture?

A

the shelves and posts used to support ware inside the kiln

55
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What are the uses for the pyrometric cones?

A

pyrometric devices that are used to gauge heatwork during the firing of ceramic materials; often used in sets of three; positioned in a kiln with the wares to be fired; provide a visual indication of when the wares have reached a required state of maturity, a combination of time and temperature

56
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What are the terms for these pyrometric cones?

A

Seger cones

57
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What is bloating?

A

a firing defect in which blisters form within a clay body, causing large lumps on the surface

58
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What is vitrification?

A

becoming glass like

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