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ceramics midterms

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Ceramicist a person who makes ceramics
Potter a person who makes pots, plates, and vessels from clay, either by hand or on a potters wheel
Earthenware low fire clay body (tera cotta and low-fire white clays). They are still porous after firing, so need to glaze to seal it or it will absorb water.
Stoneware a mid to high-fire clay body. Clay can withstand high temperatures and fired vitrification - NOT porous, used mainly for dinnerware and pots
Porcelain a white high-fire clay body. Primary clay that was first discovered
Air Dry Clay clay body that is soft and moldable but air dries it to a hard state that requires no firing. Remains porous but can be painted,
Stages of Clay 1. Plastic 2. Leather Hard 3. Bone Dry 4. Green ware 5. Bisque ware 6. Glaze ware
Parts of a Vessel Mouth, Lip, Neck, Handle, Belly, Base, Foot
Relief a sculpture that projects from a flat surface
Additive the processing of joining pieces to create a form
Subtractive the process of removing pieces to create a form ex. carving
Slump Mold draping a slab of clay over the top of a form to shape it
Hump Mold Laying a slab of clay into a plaster mold to create a form
Sgraffito the act of carving through one layer of slay or underglaze to expose a different colored clay below it using a specific carving tool
Kiln a structure built to fire clay at high temperatures. (we have a Skutt, Electric Kiln (3 of them), Bisque Fire (Low-Fire)- 1,945 degrees)
Bisque Firing pieces can be touching one another or stacked on top of each other if needed- Fired Low Fire Cone 04- Slow
Glaze Firing pieces need to be about an inch apart from one another. Nothing can touch or else it will fuse together. Fired Low Fire Cone 04- Medium
Created by: MeganS.
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