Unit 2B

Question 1

4 Methods of Construction

Answer 1

Pinch, Slab, Coil, and Wheel-thrown

Question 2

The shaping of clay into a desired form usually with the fingers

Answer 2

Pinch

Question 3

Pottery constructed from slabs of clay rolled out with a rolling pin or mechanical slab roller

Answer 3

Slab

Question 4

Snake-like coils are rolled up with the hands then “stacked” in the desired shape

Answer 4

Coil

Question 5

Pottery constructed with the use of a mechanical potter’s wheel

Answer 5

Wheel-thrown

Question 6

A rolling pin may be used for the construction of these clay art forms.

Answer 6

slab pots

Question 7

Ceramics is a term often used for mode-made pottery which may be considered this.

Answer 7

crafts

Question 8

Pottery is fired in what potters call this.

Answer 8

kiln

Question 9

3 Stages of Construction

Answer 9

Greenware, Bisqueware/Earthenware, and Stoneware

Question 10

The stage of pottery when the artist adds handles to cups.

Answer 10

Greenware

Question 11

Pottery that has been constructed and in the drying stage

Answer 11

Greenware

Question 12

Low fired pottery ready to apply the glaze

Answer 12

Bisqueware/Earthenware

Question 13

High fired pottery suitable for cooking

Answer 13

Stoneware

Question 14

Bisque ware is low-fired so the pot remains this.

Answer 14

porous

Question 15

Pottery clay must be “wedged” to remove all what?

water

Answer 15

air

Question 16

Clay in a liquid form, used for bonding pieces of clay, pouring into molds and sometimes for coloring pottery;

Answer 16

slip

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Glaze

Question 18

All types of pottery but mainly for the craft of mold making ceramics

Answer 18

Ceramics

Question 19

Native Indians used this method of firing pottery in the ground.

Answer 19

Raku

Question 20

A primitive method of firing pottery, usually in a ground pit

Answer 20

Raku

Question 21

A whit clay that is called China when low fired, Porcelain when high fired

Answer 21

Kaolin-China Clay

Question 22

4 Methods of Construction

Answer 22

Modeling, Carving, Casting, and Assembling

Question 23

Creating the shape of the sculpture by pressing the medium into form, usually with the hands

Answer 23

Modeling

Question 24

A subtractive method of removing the negative space to create a sculpture

Answer 24

Carving

Question 25

A liquid medium is poured into a mold created by the artist

Answer 25

Casting

Question 26

The medium for this art form is any found objects

Answer 26

Assembling

Question 27

This is the term for the coloring added to a metal sculpture.

Answer 27

Patina

Question 28

Gustave Eiffel designed this for the Statue of Liberty.

Answer 28

armature

Question 29

Mount Rushmore is an example of this type of sculpture.

Answer 29

relief

Question 30

This material is sometimes used for mold making because it is easy to burn out.

Answer 30

wax

Question 31

Which artist saw a bull’s head when looking at the bicycle seat and handle bars?

Answer 31

Picasso

Question 32

Which method of construction is used to sculpt a bronze or gold statue?

Answer 32

casting

Question 33

Which method is used to make ice cubes?

Answer 33

casting

Question 34

Which method was used to make the Mount Rushmore sculpture?

Answer 34

carving

Question 35

Which method of sculpting is used with clay or snow?

Answer 35

modeling

Question 36

Michelangelo’s “David” and “Moses” were carved from what medium or material?

Answer 36

marble

Question 37

Making jello, popsicles or a concrete driveway are examples of this type of construction.

Answer 37

casting

Question 38

An interior support for a sculpture

Answer 38

armature

Question 39

Sculptures created to be viewed from all angles, in the center of a room or fountain

Answer 39

In-the-round

Question 40

A sculpture that moves

Answer 40

mobile

Question 41

sculpture that is “raised” from its surface usually by carving away the negative space

Answer 41

relief

Question 42

A method of making a mold for casting

Answer 42

lost wax