Art 001 March 28

Porcelain

A ceramic made from mixing kaolin(fine white clay) with porcelain stone.

Slab Construction

A building technique where clay is rolled out into sheets and left to harden so it can be made into containers that won't distort

Potter's Wheel

A rotating flat disk mounted on a vertical shaft that helps a ceramist shape vessels

Felting

A technique where fibers are matted and pressed together

Glass

A very versatile material that mainly consists of silica(sand). When heated, glass becomes molten and easily shaped. The chemical composition never changes.

Earthwork

A work of art made for a specific place using natural materials found there, especially the earth itself.

Textile

An art used to create the clothing we wear daily

Installation

An artist modifies a space in some way and asks us to enter, explore and experience it

Jade

Common name for two materials: nephrite and jadeite. It ranges in color from brown to green, and is primarily found in Asia and Central America

Glaze

Consists of powdered minerals in water. When fired they fuse into a nonporous glasslike coating.

Stained Glass

Made by cutting sheets of colored glass in various colors and fitting them together in a pattern; often the segments are joined by strips of lead.

Lacquer

Made from the sap of a tree originally only found in China. It creates a glasslike coating over wood and takes up to 30 coats to create a substantial layer.

Weaving

Placing two sets of parallel fibers at right angles and interlacing them repeatedly

Ceramics

The art of making objects from clay. Dry clay has a powdery consistency

Coiling

The ceramists rolls out rope like strands, ____ them on top of each other, and joins them together

Ivory

Traditionally came from the tusks of elephants

Glass Blowing

When an artist dips up a mass of molten glass at the end of a metal tube and blows it into it creating an air bubble that can be shaped , thus hollowing the vessel

Plastic

When clay is mixed with water and becomes moldable

Forging

When metal is shaped by hammer blows

Wood

______ is renewable, available, easy to work with material. It has been used throughout history for ritual and daily purposes.

Metal

________ Has been used to create art as well as it has being used for functional tools and everyday objects from throughout history

Ivory, Jade, and Iacquer

_________,________, and _________ are considered rarer more precious materials and are often associated with wealth

Stained glass

__________________ Has been used in cathedrals. The light passing through was viewed as a spiritually transforming substance

Fiber

i_________ is a pliable threadlike strand. Most naturally occurring fibers are either animal or vegetable in origin.