Art Elements

·         Beveled: 45 degree angle

·         Negative Space: taking out

·         Texture: adding to a plain surface

·         Surface Design: adding details to outside

·         Slip and Score: technique to add on clay

·         Choking: making projects taller on wheel

·         Alternating: manipulating structure

·         Positive Space: adding material where there wasn’t something. Sculpture changes the way we see space.

·         Sledging: recycled clay

·         Glaze: adding color

·         Positive/Negative Space: 3D effects

·         Slab: rolled out clay

·         Pinch Pot: made by pinching

·         Slip: wet clay used as “give”

·         Bisque: used to heat up and finish glaze

·         Glazed: paint

·         Green Ware: dishes

·         Tools: extensions of body

·         Staining: using light glazes

·         Coil Pot: pot made out of coils

·         Pattern: design on an object

·         Rhythm: repeated pattern

·         Scale: mass of project

·         Whomping: hitting clay with spoon

·         Kiln: used to dry clay

·         Leather Soft: clay that’s still soft and shapeable

·         Leather Hard: clay that’s become dry and cannot be shaped

·         Complex: amount of details in project

·         Juxtaposition: opposites that make the other stand out