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sgraffito decoration made by scratching through a surface and revealing a lower layer of contrasting color in ceramics wedging a process similar to kneading dough, it loosens the clay circulating its moisture throughout and gets rid of air bubbles. scoring process of incising shall...

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art content knowledge praxis
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sgraffito - answer decoration made by scratching through a surface and
revealing a lower layer of contrasting color in ceramics

wedging - answer a process similar to kneading dough, it loosens the clay
circulating its moisture throughout and gets rid of air bubbles.

scoring - answer process of incising shallow grooves into surface of wet or
leather hard clay in cross-hatch patterns before applying slurry and
joining pieces

insulating firebrick, IFB, softbrick - answer porous brick with insulating
values much higher than hardbrick. Goes up in temperature faster and
goes back down faster.

hardbrick - answer hard, dense, generally used in high-stress areas of kiln.
(floor, burner, flues, bagwall) and for corrosive firing processes (salt, soda,
wood)

slurry - answer tends to be thicker than a slip and is used to join pieces of
leather-hard clay together.

Greenware - answer air-dried unfired clay

annealing - answer heating steel, then cooling slow to soften metal,
enhance electrical conductivity, improve machinability.

tempering - answer heating done in air, vacuum or inert atmospheres

,plastilina - answer sulfur is harmful. oil-wax based modeling clay

intaglio - answer ink into incised lines -

etching/drypoint
danger: nitric acid

aquatint - answer powdered, heated, watercolor, adds tone

photogravure - answer an image produced from a photographic negative
transferred to a metal plate, etched.

drypoint - answer sharp needle, throws up burr, steel needle. produces
soft velvety lines. been used since Rembrandt.

aperature - answer circle shaped hole in lens that lets light in

daguerrotype - answer picture made on silver surface, sensitized with
iodine, developed by exposure to mercury vapor. named after louis-jaque
Daguerre

Depth of field - answer distance between nearest and farthest sharp
objects.

shutter speed - answer controls duration of exposure. faster speed:
shorter exposure

film speed - answer measurement of film's sensitivity to light. more
sensitive films have higher ISO #'s and require less exposure.

encaustic - answer pigments melted with wax and fixed or fused to the
painting with heat

,extender - answer extends drying time of paint

fat over lean - answer each layer of paint should have more oil than the
one beneath. this ensures permanence.

rabbit skin glue - answer size for fabric support on panels. seals porous
fabric and isolates from paint.

frottage - answer rubbing crayon or tool on paper over textured object

sfumato - answer "smoke" in italian. Da Vinci used this. hazy/smoky effect

chiaroscuro - answer light/shadow from a certain direction

isocephaly - answer all heads are on the same level

atmospheric/aerial perspective - answer the perception of depth in nature
as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere, how the appearance of objects is
altered over distance by the affects of the air between viewer and objects.

CMYK - answer color system used for printing. CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW,
KEY (BLACK)

croquis - answer to make a quick sketch

assemblage - answer modern sculpture consisting of combining multiple
objects of forms, often "found" objects

kinetic art - answer sculpture constructions that have movable parts
activated by motor, wind, hand pressure, or other means

, armature - answer a skeletal framework built as a support on which clay,
wax, or plaster figure is constructed.

tessera - answer one of the small pieces used in mosaic art

esquisse - answer the first sketch of a picture or model of a statue

what is bad if placed in an acid bath? - answer wood, metal corrodes too.
or water!

what are toxic pigments? - answer inorganic with high exotic metal
content. flake white, cobalt, cadmium, manganese.

toxic preservatives - answer copper aresenate, phenol, chromium and
arsenic.

remove paint from skin? - answer baby oil and soapy water

epoxy paints are linked to what type of bodily damage? - answer bone
marrow damage

safest type of glazes for ceramics? - answer lead-free or sodium
carbonate. NOT sodium chloride!

safest type of liquid based drawing media - answer water-based markers
an dinks, or alcohol-based. not xylene.

dangerous pigments - answer antimony black
chrome orange yellow green
cadmium red
red or white lead
cobalt violet - EXTREMELY TOXIC

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