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Friday, September 4, 2009

Ceramics Vocab- QUIZ TUES SEP4

  • Bat- a flat disc made of plaster or wood which affixes to a pottery wheel. Works like a plate or tray for working with clay on.
  • Bisque- Pottery which has been fired once, without being glazed yet.
  • Bone Dry- Completely air-dried and ready to be fired in a kiln safely
  • Clay- Alumina + Silica (powdered stone aka "feldspar") and water
  • Plastic- Capable of being molded or modeled
  • Plasticine- A plastic paste used for models and sculptures; an oil-based modeling clay
  • Medium- a means of transmission, a liquid which carries or suspends something- oil or water
  • Working- Sqiushing clay in your hand to make it warmer
  • Form- Any 3-Dimensional shape, which has height, width, and depth
  • Paul Cezane- French painter who suggested that the visual world is made up of 5 basic forms; cubes, spheres, forms, pyramids, and cones

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