On Wednesday 1/18 (B day) and Thursday 1/19 (G day) Ms. Held's Clay classes will take their second Unit Test based on vocabulary from their Fantastical Animal Sculpture Unit and their Glazing Lesson. Below is the vocabulary. The test will consist of 20 questions and will be a combination of multiple choice and short answer. We will have a test review lesson the class prior to the exam. This exam is 20% of the 2nd marking period grade.
FANTASTICAL ANIMALS/GLAZE VOCABULARY
VISUAL ARTS TERMINOLOGY
1.
Alebrije:
Alebrijes are brightly
colored Mexican folk art sculptures of fantastical creatures.
Traditional Mexican artists make these sculptures out of both wood and papier-mâché.
2. Folk Art: Art originating among the common people of a nation or region and
usually reflecting their traditional cultures.
3. Hybrid Art: A work of art
made by combining two different elements, ideas, and or objects.
4. Maquette: A sculptor's
small preliminary model.
5. Motif: A decorative
design or pattern.
6. Pattern: A repeated
decorative design.
7. Symbol: An image or form
that represents or stands for something else.
8. Symbolism: The use of
symbols to represent our ideas in our works of art.
CLAY TERMINOLOGY
1.
Additive Sculpture: Adding
new pieces of clay to your existing form to create a desired shape or details.
When clay is plastic (wet) you can simply add clay by pushing the clay onto
your form with your fingers. However, once your form has become leather hard
you must add plastic clay to the leather hard clay using the score and slip
method.
2.
Equalizing Moisture: If you
add plastic clay to leather hard clay you must remember to equalize the
moisture of your clay sculpture. This means you must make your clay sculpture
is airtight overnight, so that all the moisture levels equalize (become the
same throughout your sculpture).
3.
Hollow-Out: To carve out the interior
of a solid form (while clay is plastic and/or leather hard). When working with
clay we must hollow-out solid forms to reduce weight, prevent water and air
from being trapped inside the clay mass, and to ensure even drying.
4.
Fuse:
To connect two pieces of
clay together and make the seams disappear.
5.
Fuse
Coil: A coil of clay placed around the seams of a form to
help strengthen and reinforce.
6.
Subtractive Sculpture:
Removing, tearing, or pushing away pieces of clay away from a solid form to
create a desired shape. This can be done with your fingers or a variety of
tools. Hollowing-out and carving are subtractive techniques.
7.
Vent-Hole: Small openings created in
our clay forms to allow air to circulate inside the form. This ensures even
drying and the circulation of hot air when it’s being fired in the kiln.
GLAZING TERMINOLOGY
1. Glaze: Glaze is a thin coating of glass painted onto the surface of bisqued
clay, which fuses to the clay surface during the firing process. This coating
may provide:
a. Decorative Effects- To add
color, design and texture to the surface of your bisqued clay.
b. Functional Qualities- Glaze
will seal the porous surface of your bisque clay create a more hygienic surface
to eat and or drink out of.
2. Opaque Glaze: Opaque glaze will fire solid. You cannot see through opaque glazes so
they should not be painted over areas in which you have delicately carved
details or text.
3. Translucent Glaze: Translucent glaze you can see through. Translucent glazes are perfect
for painting over delicately carved or stamped details or text.
4. Shiny Finish: Glazes that have a shiny finish will look glossy.
5. Matte Finish: Glazes that have a matte finish will not be shiny and will have a dry,
flat appearance.