Positive/Negative Space: 3D effects
Slab: Rolled out clay.
Tools:
extensions of the body.
extensions of the body.
Texture - Used to enhance the sense of touch, contours give dynamic shading and coloring, subtlety enhancing other art elements.
Positive and negative space - An art element that uses cutting and adding clay to enhance the shape of a piece
Centering - Technique to move the clay in to a symmetrical rotating axis in the middle of a wheel head so you can throw it
Rhythm:A repeated pattern.
Leather Hard: Clay that has become dry and cannot be shaped.
Bisque - Pottery which has been fired once, without glaze, to a temperature just before vitrification
Wedging - A method of kneading clay to make it homogeneous and to remove air bubbles
Coning - A technique on the wheel to help you center the clay, involves pulling the clay up into a cone shape and then pushing it back down