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Femo Vocabulary
Femo Sculpture Vocabulary
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Art/Design
9th Grade
01/13/2010

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Polymer Clay
Definition
A modeling material consisting of finely ground particles of colored polymer, often polyvinyl chloride (PVC), held together by a binder to form a malleable clay-like medium.
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Modeling Clay
Definition
A nonhardening substance used for modeling sculptures for sketches, models for casting, and by students.
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Modeling Tools
Definition
Tools for working with or modeling clay.
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Firing
Definition
A process of applying heat to make hard pottery in either an oven or an ovenlike enclosure called a kiln.
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Malleable
Definition
Capable of being shaped or formed, whether by hand or with tools; plastic, pliable, pliant, ductile.
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Binder
Definition
The ingredient in the vehicle of a paint which adheres the pigment particles to one another and to the ground.
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Foil
Definition
A thin, flexible leaf or sheet of metal
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Armature
Definition
A skeleton-like framework to give rigid internal support to a modeled sculpture
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Modeling
Definition
A sculpture technique in which a three-dimensional form is manipulated in a soft material such as clay — either modeling clay (Plasticine is a well-known brand) or ceramic clay — or wax.
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Polymer
Definition
A chemical compound made by grouping molecules to form natural or synthetic resins
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Wire
Definition
A usually pliable metallic strand made in many lengths and diameters (gauges).
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Sculptor
Definition
One who produces sculptures
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Sculpture
Definition
A three-dimensional work of art, or the art of making it
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Mobile
Definition
A construction made of objects that are balanced and arranged on wire arms and suspended so as to move freely.
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Stabile
Definition
An abstract sculpture that has movable parts similar to a mobile, but that is attached to a solid, unmovable base rather than suspended.
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Form
Definition
An element of art that is three-dimensional (height, width, and depth) and encloses volume.
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Construction
Definition
To form by assembling or combining parts; to build.
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