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Josiah Wedgwood, Apotheosis of Homer vase
A kind of pottery he called "ornamental ware".
Ornamental ware was considered art, while his "useful ware" was simply a way to support his business. It was easy, fast, and cheap to make; available to the middle class markets. |
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Hon'ami Koetsu, Tea Bowl Name Amagumo
An example of slab construction where clay is rolled out flat and shaped by hand.
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Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party
Celebrates women who have made an important contribution to world history.
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Dale Chihuly, Rotunda Chandelier
Made of glass.
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Faith Ringgold, Tar Beach
Acrylic on quilt. A story representing the African-American experience. |
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Fred Wilson, Mining the Museum
The reality of slavery, notice slave shackles at center of display. |
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| Powdered minerals suspended in water, which are applied to object after the first firing. |
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| Method of ceramic construction in which long, ropelike strands of clay are coiled on top of one another and then smoothed. |
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| A technique for constructing fabrics by means of interlacing horizontal or vertical threads. |
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| A special kind of weaving, in which the weft yarns are of several colors that the weaver manipulates to make a design or image. |
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| A traditional fiber art in which the design is made by needlework. |
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| A type of ceramic made of porous clay and fired at low temperatures that must be glazed if it is to hold liquid. |
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| A type of ceramics fired at high temperature and thus impermeable to water. |
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| The type of ceramic fired at the highest temperature that becomes virtually translucent and extremely glossy in finish. |
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