Ceramics Exam Review
Across
- 2. tool for digging, hollowing out, also smoothing, trimming foot of thrown pots…..
- 4. in order to weld two pieces, scratching up the surface of the clay before using slip, this is done to give a place for the slip to “grab”
- 5. – the most important step in throwing
- 6. - tool that shapes, smooths clay: wooden for wheel, rubber & metal for handbuilt (generally)
- 8. reasons – shine, color – make waterproof/hygienic
- 10. - Work meant to be viewed from all sides.
- 11. the ability of clay to be molded and to hold its shape_
- 13. - A relatively rigid internal support for modeling of more malleable materials.
- 15. – smooth & as decoration – two methods of construction with coils
- 16. – has no use other than its aesthetic value – i.e. a sculpture
- 18. – furnace for firing clay to very high temperatures
- 19. wedging, plastic, leatherhard, clean-up, 1st (bisque_ fire, glazing, 2nd firing
- 20. the clay is halfway dry – perfect for slab-building and carving
- 22. – 1.bilateral: even on both sides of a center line, 2. radial: even in a circular arrangement around a center point
- 23. - flat piece of clay created by rolling. Can be used when soft or leatherhard.
- 24. - two senses we use to experience it: sight and touch
- 25. - using the Potter’s wheel to make a symmetrical form
Down
- 1. the clay is completely dry – not cold to the touch
- 3. - kneading the clay (usually on plaster slabs), remove air bubbles & creates an even consistency
- 4. - method of decoration where underglaze is painted on unfired clay then a design is carved through the glaze to reveal the white clay underneath (Clear glaze must be used in an additional step to make it shiny)
- 7. - steps - drape the slab, remove it from armature (cone), use additive method
- 8. ware before it is fired, usually it is bonedry
- 9. fired once to permanence, the first firing
- 10. - has a use – ie teapot, cup, planter, etc, Design that is utilitarian; necessary.
- 11. - project you can make with no tools
- 12. glass (silica), colorant (metallic oxide), flux (melting temperature regulator)
- 14. - the bottom of the pot, should be left free of glaze
- 17. colors: white (grey), brown, red
- 19. the clay glue – a suspension of clay particles in water
- 21. – an artwork that is three-dimensional and decorative in nature. May be abstract or realistic.
- 26. tool for scoring, scratching designs in clay (aka sgraffito needle)