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| To cut, scratch, or roughen up the surface of the clay usually in preparation for joining two pieces of clay using slip. |
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| A decorative technique in which hard objects are pressed into the surface of soft clay. |
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| A long snake-like/rope-like piece of clay. You roll out these with your fingers going back and forth and left to right to create the desired thickness. |
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| is a term that describes clay that has dried to the limit of its shrinkage, but still has enough moisture to retain its original wet color. The clay can be decorated and carved at this stage. |
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| A decorative technique in which areas of the clay are cut out, leaving a design in the clay body. |
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| An explosion that occurs in the kiln when too much moisture, uneven moisture, or air has been trapped in the clay during firing. |
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| a furnace for firing clay. |
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| to work clay into a uniform mass with your hands. This is done to remove air pockets/moisture. |
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| ceramic work that has been fired once in preparation for glazing. This firing is done to remove all moisture and to turn the work stone-like. This firing is completed at cone 05 and just under 1900 degrees. It turns from gray to white. |
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| a form of decoration in which pieces of clay are fastened to the surface of a clay vessel by scoring and slipping. |
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| clay in liquid suspension. Used for attaching decoration, or creating molds. |
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| the ability of clay to stretch. Loosing this once the clay becomes brittle and dry. |
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| the art of making objects with clay to produce pottery and sculpture. |
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| a three dimensional shape, with depth, width, and height. |
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| The element of art that refers to how things feel, or look as what they might feel like. Rough, smooth, shiny, matte, and can be real or implied. |
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| A dot that moves. Can be thick, thin, diagonal, horizontal, or vertical. The path of a moving point through space. |
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| The area that has an open space around an object, or the area around an object. |
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| This principle is concerned with equalizing visual forces. There are two kinds of this. |
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| this balance is uneven on both sides but still balanced. |
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| Symmetrical Balance or Symmetry |
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| This type of balance is the same on both sides, and is a mirror image. |
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| The principle of art concerned with difference or contrast. This is achieved by using different colors, shapes, textures, and values in a work. |
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| The initial shape, the solid area of an object. |
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| a line that defines the edges and surface ridges of an object. |
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| the material used to create an artwork. |
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| the emptiness or area around, in between, above, or within an object. |
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| a way to create space by placing one object on top of another. |
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| a line that shows or creates the outer edges of a shape. |
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| the process of moving an instrument over a smooth surface to leave a mark. |
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| the lightest spot on an object. |
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| the use of dark and light lines to create depth and texture. |
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| a two-dimensional mass. Geometric or organic. Found in drawings or other flat work. Has height and width, but not depth. |
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| the lightness and darkness range in a picture/object-shading. |
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| the darkest part of an object; the part that doesn't receive direct light. |
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| a free-form shape that can be found in nature. Usually curvy or rounded. |
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| technique of shading through smooth, gradual application of dark value. |
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| Triangles, squares, circles, etc. |
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| a graphic system that creates the illusion of depth and volume on a two dimensional surface. |
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| line that travels up and down. |
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| line that travels left to right. |
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| a line that is half of an X, or a line that goes from an upper corner to a lower corner on the other side. |
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| two lines that run the same way, but never touch. |
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| has objects parallel to viewer/uses one vanishing point/also parallel perspective |
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| View where the viewer is looking down on the object. |
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| View where the viewer is looking at an object from the ground up. |
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| an artist who developed perspective in the 1400s |
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| the angle at which the viewer sees the object. it differs between heights and position of standing. |
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| Functional Pottery that stored water and food in Mesopotamia and India |
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| Glass discovered in Egypt |
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| pottery that has a purpose/use |
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| pottery don't meant to be used, but to be viewed for artistic purposes. |
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| artist in the 60's who started the "Funk Art" movement to make statements. |
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| Brooklyn and Tokyo based visual artist/photorealistic artist/uses pops of color. |
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| Artist born in 1940 who uses the grid method/famous painter and photographer |
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| The time it takes for Kei Meguro to complete a commission/estimated |
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