Unit 2B Flashcards
4 Methods of Construction
Pinch, Slab, Coil, and Wheel-thrown
The shaping of clay into a desired form usually with the fingers
Pinch
Pottery constructed from slabs of clay rolled out with a rolling pin or mechanical slab roller
Slab
Snake-like coils are rolled up with the hands then “stacked” in the desired shape
Coil
Pottery constructed with the use of a mechanical potter’s wheel
Wheel-thrown
A rolling pin may be used for the construction of these clay art forms.
slab pots
Ceramics is a term often used for mode-made pottery which may be considered this.
crafts
Pottery is fired in what potters call this.
kiln
3 Stages of Construction
Greenware, Bisqueware/Earthenware, and Stoneware
The stage of pottery when the artist adds handles to cups.
Greenware
Pottery that has been constructed and in the drying stage
Greenware
Low fired pottery ready to apply the glaze
Bisqueware/Earthenware
High fired pottery suitable for cooking
Stoneware
Bisque ware is low-fired so the pot remains this.
porous
Pottery clay must be “wedged” to remove all what?
water
air
Clay in a liquid form, used for bonding pieces of clay, pouring into molds and sometimes for coloring pottery;
slip
A liquid mixture of ingredients that is applied to pottery by dipping, spraying and brushing, that when fired, melts into a glass-like coloring that gives that pot strength decoration
Glaze
All types of pottery but mainly for the craft of mold making ceramics
Ceramics
Native Indians used this method of firing pottery in the ground.
Raku
A primitive method of firing pottery, usually in a ground pit
Raku
A whit clay that is called China when low fired, Porcelain when high fired
Kaolin-China Clay
4 Methods of Construction
Modeling, Carving, Casting, and Assembling
Creating the shape of the sculpture by pressing the medium into form, usually with the hands
Modeling
A subtractive method of removing the negative space to create a sculpture
Carving
