Ceramics I: Quarter I Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. Clay cannot be worked on because all of the moisture is gone from it.
- 7. A sculpture technique where designs are slightly more prominent than the background.
- 10. A hand-building method of creating forms by joined rolled flat pieces of clay together.
- 11. Clay is very malleable due to the excess amount of moisture in it.
- 16. An area of an artwork that the artist draws attention to.
- 18. The surface quality of an artwork can be seen and/or felt.
- 20. When glaze is applied to heavily and it begins to 'fall' off the piece.
- 22. Making marks on the surface of two pieces of clay before joining together with slip.
- 23. Art that depicts real life.
- 24. A large oven that fires clay.
- 25. Fire The firing where glaze adheres to the clay body.
- 26. A sculpture technique where materials are removed from a form to create an artwork.
- 28. A framework or skeleton.
- 30. When there is no glaze on the bottom of a ceramic piece.
Down
- 1. A hand-building method of forming pottery using ropes of clay.
- 2. When clay is ready to be fired.
- 4. Clay & water mixed together to "glue" clay forms together.
- 5. Clay becomes easy to carve & to attach due to the small amount of moisture in it.
- 6. The first firing to turn clay into ceramic.
- 8. The repetition of a design.
- 9. Art that does not depict real life.
- 12. Fired clay.
- 13. A closed line.
- 14. A hand-building method of creating a ball of clay and pressing in the center to make a 'bowl-like' work.
- 15. Kneading clay together to force out air & to develop a uniform texture.
- 17. A sculpture technique where materials are added to a form to create an artwork.
- 19. An open container typically used for decoration.
- 21. A material made of earth.
- 27. Convex ceramic form.
- 29. A 3D shape.