Ceramics Exam Review

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