CERAMCIS FINAL

Pinch Pot

A pot formed by pinching the clay between your fingers and thumb.

Leather Hard

Clay that’s partially dry but still soft enough to carve or join pieces.

Wedging

Kneading clay to remove air bubbles and make it uniform.

Scoring

Scratching lines into clay to help pieces stick together.

Slip

A liquid mixture of clay and water used as glue for joining clay pieces.

Kiln

A special high-temperature oven used to fire clay.

Firing

Heating clay in a kiln to harden it.

Hand building

Making pottery by hand without a wheel using techniques like pinching, coiling, and slab building.

Greenware

Unfired, bone-dry clay that is fragile.

Bisqueware

Clay that’s been fired once and is ready to be glazed.

Slab

A flat, even sheet of clay used to build shapes.

Rib

A tool used for smoothing and shaping clay, available in metal, plastic, or wood.

Metal rib

For smoothing and shaping, often flexible.

Plastic rib

Used for smoothing, not flexible.

wooden rib

For shaping and compressing clay.

Sgraffito

A technique where you scratch through a layer of colored slip or glaze to reveal the clay body underneath.

Small Trimming Tool

A tool used for fine trimming of small areas in clay.

Large Trimming Tool

A tool used for removing larger amounts of clay, usually from the bottom.

Wooden Sculpting Tool

A tool used to shape and carve clay.

Cleaning Tool

A small loop or metal tool used for cleaning up seams and edges.

Wire Cutter

A wire with handles used to cut clay from a block.

Sponge

A tool for adding or removing water and smoothing surfaces.

Needle Tool

A tool used for scoring, cutting, and detailing in clay.

Fettling Knife

A thin knife used for cutting and trimming clay.

Main technique to building animated character

Hand Building

5 ways to make the animated character

Pinching, coiling, slab building, sculpting details, and attaching parts.

Surrealism

An art style characterized by dream-like scenes and symbolic imagery.

Assemblage

An art form made by assembling various found objects.

Joan Miro

Spanish artist known for surrealism and playful abstract shapes.

Louise Nevelson:

American sculptor known for monochrome wooden assemblages.

Miró Style

Surrealism/Abstract.

Nevelson style

Assemblage/Abstract Expressionism.

Surrealism style definition

Dream-like, unexpected combinations.

Miro used…?

Paint, ceramics, bronze.

Nevelson used….?

Wood, found objects, painted monochrome (often black).

design elements

Shapes, texture, form, balance, contrast.

miro colors used (salt and pepper)

Bright primary colors (red, blue, yellow), black.

Nevelson (salt and pepper) colors used?

Monochrome (black, white, gold).

Clay method used? (salt and pepper)

Slab building and hand building.

(Salt and pepper shaker) Clay method used?

About ¼ inch thick for even drying and firing .

Who is myra Burg? (rain stick)

Myra Burg is known for mixed media and clay art, often with cultural and natural themes.

Kind of art? ( rain stick)

Decorative and functional clay art.

Materials used for rain stick?

Clay, natural fibers, and sometimes found objects.

Steps to make the rainstick ?

Roll slab → Form tube → Add internal pins → Score and slip ends → Dry → Fire.

Fibers applied? (Rain stick)

Tied or glued around the finished piece after firing.

Origins of rainstick?

South America (Chile, Peru), Africa, and Asia.

3 Methods of forming clay

Pinching

Coiling

Slab building

Methods combined in projects

Pixar character: Slab + Pinching + Sculpting

Shakers: Slab + Coiling

Rainstick: Slab + Sculpting

Elements of Art:

Line, shape, form, color, value, texture, space.

Principles of Design:

Balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, rhythm, unity.

Primary colors:

Red, blue, yellow.

Secondary colors:

Green, orange, purple.

Complementary colors

Colors opposite on the color wheel (e.g., red & green).

Warm colors:

Red, orange, yellow.

Cool colors

Blue, green, purple.

Hue:

Another word for color.

Tint:

Color + white.

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