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The language of clay
clay vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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the /planningsculpting options for a work of clay art | Possibilities |
A one color, total coverage,smooth coating of Acrylic Paint on clay | Base Coat |
Various ways to apply paint to a surface with a brush, for example "dry brush" | Brush Techniques |
to harden the clay, this furnace heats it at high temperatures which fuses the clay particles. | Kiln/firing |
a technique of working with clay using only your hands and simple tools rather than the potters wheel | Hand built |
spatial relationships are achieved by placing one object over another to create an interesting relief sculpture effect. | Overlapping shapes |
placement of non-identical forms to either side of a balancing point in such a way that the two sides seem to be of the same visual weight. - | Asymmetry |
Shapes, forms and patterns found in living systems | Organic |
relating to joining techniques… scratched in texture with liquid form of clay to attach pieces of clay | Score/slip |
when one side of artwork balances the other or is visually the same on both sides | Symmetry |
At this basic stage of dryness, new clay can no longer be added to the work | Leather Hard |
line, form, value, texture, color, and shape; can be seen and worked with independently in any work of art regardless of its figurative content. | Elements of Art |