Ceramics Review: Stages of Clay, Glazing, Vessel Anatomy, and Artists

Comprehensive vocabulary review flashcards covering stages of clay, glazing techniques, vessel anatomy, ceramic studio tools, critique concepts, and featured ceramic artists.

Hand-Building

A technique that allows you to create forms using clay and your hands.

Three Hand-Building Techniques

Pinch, coil, and slab construction methods.

Functional Ceramics

An object designed to be useful.

Sgraffito

A decorative ceramic technique in which you scratch through the top layer.

Amphora

An ancient vessel form used as a storage jar.

Critique

A discussion or evaluation of art, conducted so artists can fix mistakes seen by others on their next piece of art.

Reclaiming Clay

The process of collecting unfired pottery scraps, which must be broken down into small pieces to be reused.

Five Components of Glaze

The five essential formulation components: silica, alumina, flux, colorants, and modifiers.

additive

adding layers or pieces of material together tp build up the desired form

subtractive

The process of removing pieces of material to achieve the desired design

Relief sculpture

a type of sculpture where shapes or figures rise out from a flat background

composite

the practice of combining multiple separate images, objects or materials into a single piece

ideation

generating, developing and refining ideas to solve problems or explore new opportunities

Mishima

east asian method of creating an inlay effect by applying contrasting slip or underglaze to a desgin

Glaze wash

a highly diluted mixture of oxides, shains, or glaze in water used to highlight surface textures adding shading

black figure pottery

type of ancient greek pottery in which figures and ornamentation were drawn on the natural clay

elements and principles of art

visual tools or building blocks to create composition

artist statement

written explanation of your artwork

silica

5 main components that make up glaze

matte

cant see through

opaque

you can see through

warpage

unwanted bending and twisting

beveled edge

an angled cut or slope along perimeter

slip trailing

a pottery and ceramics decorating technique that uses liquid clay

glaze

a smooth, glossy, or translucent coating applied to a surface

clay

a natural, fine-grained earth material