Monday, April 8 Plaster - a mixture of powdered and heat-treated gypsum, which can be mixed with water hardening to a smooth solid which does not shrink or lose volume because it hardens before all the water can evaporate.
Robert Indiana (Clark): Pop artist from Indiana. Well known for his 1958 postage stamp design of “LOVE” with a tilted “O”. Many sculptures mimic this art work.
Ceramics: the art of making vessels out of clay, fashioning them hollow, baking them in a kiln until the clay is hard, and sometimes finally glazing them for water tightness, durability, and appearance.
Gesso (Prounounced Jesso): Plaster or a fine plaster- like material. Applied to canvas or other surface prior to painting to ensure a durable, smooth surface.
Technique: Any method or way of working with art materials to produce an art object. Craftsmanship: The quality of what a person does. Craftsmanship is most admired when a person creates something with good skill by hand whether with or without tools.
Portfolio: A portable case for holding material, such as loose drawings, photographs, or other images. It may also be the materials collected in such a case, especially when they are representative of an artist's work.
Linocut: A linoleum block or plate used for making relief prints. Linoleum is a durable, washable material formerly used more for flooring as vinyl flooring is used today.
Score: To scratch lines in unfired clay before applying moisture to join pieces of clay. Slip: Clay mixed with water until it becomes a liquid form about the consistency of cream. Slip is used in joining two pieces of clay together.
Bust – In art, a sculpture depicting a person’s head and shoulders.
Coil: Coils are long, snake-like ropes of clay that are used in making pottery Slab: A pottery technique in which a form is built up by joining shapes cut from thick sheets of damp clay.
Landscape: A painting, photograph or other work of art which depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers and forests. There is invariably some sky in the scene
Still Life: A picture of a grouping of inanimate objects. Common still life subjects include vessels, food, flowers, books, clothing
Printmaking: A print is a shape or mark made from a block or plate or other object that is covered with wet color (usually ink) and then pressed onto a flat surface, such as paper.
Varnish: A protective transparent finish applied in a liquid state to a surface. Many are available with a matte, semi-gloss, or glossy finish. “
Wedge or Wedging: Mixing moist clay by cutting and recombining cut sections (slamming clay together) and by kneading it. This will also take the air pockets out so the piece will not blow up in the kiln.
Wire: A usually pliable metallic strand made in many lengths and diameters (gauges). Gauge (pronounced “ geyj ”): Measurements of wire diameters (thicknesses or widths) are expressed in gauge numbers and decimals of an inch.
Kiln: A special oven or furnace that can reach very high temperatures and is used to bake, or fire clay. Kilns may be electric, gas, or wood-fired.
Pinch Pot: Finger manipulation of clay in the palm of one hand, using pressure of the fingers and gravity to form a lump of clay into a hollow shape.
Bisque: an unglazed ware that has been fired once. Once it is fired over 500* F., the water evaporates and the clay can no longer be softened.
Brayer: A tool used to roll ink onto a surface by hand, usually in block printing and in mono-printing.
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