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| principle of art concerned with equalizing visual forces |
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| A special type of formal balance in which two halves of a balanced composition are identical, a mirror image of each other. |
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| Another name for informal balance, in which unlike objects have equal visual weight or eye attractions. |
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| Objects having three dimensions. Like shape, a form has height and width, but also depth. Forms are geometric or free-form. |
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| A two dimensional area that is defines in some way. (2D) It is flat. Found in drawings or paintings. |
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| an element of art that is a path of a moving point. A dot that moves. There can be thick, thin, horizontal, or dotted ones. |
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| An element of art derived from reflected light. |
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| The element of art that describes the darkness or lightness range of an object. |
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| Empty spaces surrounding shapes and forms. Or the empty space within an object. For example, the inside handle of a cup. |
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| Shapes or forms in two and three dimensional art. The actual shape itself. |
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| The principle of art used to create the look and feeling of action and to guide the viewer's eyes throughout the work of art. |
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| Illusion of a three dimensional surface based on the memory of how things feel. Rough vs. smooth. |
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| Principle of art concerned with difference or contrast. |
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| A two dimensional decorative visual repetition. |
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| Technique for creating a focal point by using differences in elements. (Very dark ares versus very light ares creates a difference of value.) |
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| Red, Blue, Yellow --- The Main Colors |
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| Green, Violet, Orange --- Mix Primary Colors |
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| Colors across each other on the color wheel. Red/Green Orange/Blue Yellow/ Violet |
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| Colors that pull towards you. Red, yellow, or orange. |
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| Colors that push away from you. Blue green, or violet. |
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| Saturation or strength of a color. The brightness or dullness of a hue. |
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| Principle of art concerned with the size of relationships of one part to another. |
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| A graphic system that creates the illusion of depth and volume on a two dimensional surface. |
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| A line that defines the edges and surface ridges of an object. |
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| material used to create a work of art |
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| Principle of art that makes one part of a work dominant over other parts. |
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| The use of light and dark lines to give a feeling of depth and texture. |
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| shading creates using crisscrossing lines |
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| Technique of shading through smooth, gradual application of tone |
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| Shading that creates dark values by means of a dot pattern |
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| finely ground, colored patterns that form paint when mixed with liquid |
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| A liquid that holds together the grains of the pigment |
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| The liquid that controls the thickness or thinness of the paint |
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| Shapes that are found in nature, free-form shapes. Usually more curvy. Think amoeba. |
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| Shapes found more in the math world. Squares, Rectangles, Cubes, Cones, etc. |
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| A series of arches supported by columns or piers, either attached to a wall or freestanding. |
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| A railing with supporting balusters (small closely spaced posts). |
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| A beam or other projection that is unsupported at one end. |
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| A semicircular window, usually located above a door. |
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| The horizontal part of a classical entablature just below the cornice, often decorated with carvings. |
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| A roofed porch usually supported bu columns, often leading to the entrance of the building. |
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| A small tower projected on a building. |
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| Apply the glaze with a paint bush with 2-3 even coats. You have yo use enough glaze to avoid brush strokes and transparent spots, but too much glaze can run and fuse your vessel to the kiln shelf. |
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| dipping your projects in a bucket of glaze. Allows the most even coverage, free of brush strokes. |
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| Using an airbrush and spray booth to apply glaze. This method allows you to glaze large scale projects. Also creates smooth finish. |
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| Applying the glaze with a sponge to create texture. This will not give you a smooth, even coat of glaze. Use this only to create texture but not full coverage. |
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| Applying wax to the bisque ware to prevent the glaze from fusing to your project. |
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| ability of clay to stretch |
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| pottery that has a purpose |
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| pottery that is made for artistic purposes |
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| to cut, scratch, or roughen up the surface of the clay usually in preparation for joining two pieces of clay using slip |
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| a decorative technique where hard objects are pressed into the clay, leaving an impression of the object |
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| a sculpture that is interesting from all sides |
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| an explosion that occurs in the kiln when too much moisture, uneven moisture, or air moisture has been trapped in the clay during firing |
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| A decorative technique in which areas of the clay are cut out to leaving a design in the clay body. |
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| a piece of clay that is flattened with a rolling pin, or thrown down at an angle of surface to flatten out |
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| to work clay into a uniform mass with your hands |
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| a furnace for firing clay |
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| Ceramic work that has been fired once in preparation for glazing |
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| long snake-like piece of clay. We used this technique to create pottery by rolling up coils. |
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| Clay in a liquid suspension. A very fluid mixture of clay and water sometimes with colored oxides added. It is used for decorating and joining pieces together. |
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| Glaze that you cannot see though, completely covers the glaze area |
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| Glaze that you can see through after application process |
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| A term that describes clay that has dried to the limit of shrinkage but still has enough moisture to retain its original wet color. At this stage the clay body can by handled, trimmed, burnished, and carved without becoming misshapen, for it's no longer in the plastic state. |
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| A form of decoration in which pieces of clay are fastened to the surface of a clay vessel by scoring and slipping. A technique common in material design especially quilting but also in metal work. |
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| A condition of clay when the clay is very dry and brittle. A stage after leather hard when only chemical water is left. |
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| Cutting, engraving, or carving into the clay body. |
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| A method of decorating ceramics originating in Korea. Depressions are made in clay by stamping or incising into plastic clay and filled with an engobe of contrasting colored slip. |
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| A decorative technique which carves away the negative spaces leaving the design in relief (raised) on the clay body. |
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| A method of decorating (known in the past as graffito) in which a design in created by incising or cutting lines through on layer of colored slip before firing. |
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| To prepare a lump of clay by alternately cutting and pounding it vigorously on a slab until it is homogeneous, plastic condition, free from air bubbles. |
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