2. ceramic history
The use of ceramics is ce
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worldwide and dates
as far back as 11th
millenium B.C. Japan
Early uses of ceramics
were to:
• Carry water
• Store food and
seeds
• Cook food
• Create urns and Egypt
sculptures to bury
in tombs Iran
Turk &
• Jewelry ey
Check it out:
• http://ceramic-studio.net/ceramic-history
• Art of Asia: Ceramics - Innovations in Clay
at http://www.youtube.com/
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3. ceramic vocabulary
Kiln:
Oven for
baking clay
Clay:
Feldspar found
in the ground,
mixes with water
that becomes
kaolin=clay
Cone: Temperature of kiln
Pyrometric cone:
Piece of clay in the kiln that is
designed to melt when kiln
reaches desired temperature.
4. ceramic vocabulary
Greenware:
Totally
air dried
clay, unfired
Leatherware:
Clay that is
slightly rigid but
is still workable
Bisque:
Clay that
has been
fired once
6. ceramic vocabulary
Slip Score
Liquid clay in the consistency Roughen up
of heavy cream, used to surface of raw
create a bond between clay so two clay
two pieces of clay pieces adhere
to each other
Glaze Liquid glass that
is used to paint
bisque pieces
7. ceramic vocabulary
Scraiffito:
Etch into clay to
make design
Underglaze:
Glaze that
stays where
put
Overglaze:
Glaze over the piece
Matte glaze:
Dull (not shiny) glaze Crystaltex:
Glaze with
Gloss glaze: large pieces
Shiny glaze of glass
Texture glaze:
Glaze that looks like it has a texture
Stonewash glaze:
Glaze that looks like stone
9. ceramic vocabulary
Potter’s Wheel:
Machine which
spins clay as
potter works
to make a pot
Clay gun:
Clay extruder
that creates
spaghetti like
strands of clay Turntable:
Potter’s
Tool to
Pallette: spin pots
Clay tool
10. Sculpture occupies real
space like we do...
you walk around it and
relate to it almost as
another person or
another object.
— Chuck Close
