Ceramics 1 Week 11

Contour Line

The outline of an object

Outlines of wheel thrown bowls need to be symmetrical

Banding Wheel

A stand that spins to rotate pots while glazing

Glossy Finish

Shiny surface that reflects light

Use to serve food in or on

Matt Finish

Dull surface that absorbs light

Use on the outside of vessels and bowls

Transparent glazes

Clear glaze allows the color underneath to show through

Under-glazes and Watercolor glazes need a transparent glaze on top

Opaque glazes

Cloudy so that you cannot see through to the color beneath

Silica

The ingredient in glaze that forms glass

Ground quartz

Flux

The ingredient in glaze that lowers a glaze’s melting point, so that the glaze melts before the clay melts

•Lead, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, barium, lithium, boric and zinc oxide are all fluxes.

Oxides

The ingredient in a glaze formula that determines the color of the glaze

Creative Problem Solving Skill Intuition

Trust your first impression

Listen to your intuition

Think about what appears to be the problem

Ask others or get a new first impression

Alan Alda US Actor (1936 - ) Be brave enough to live

creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing.

Albert Eistein (1879-1955)

"The only real valuable thing is intuition."

When Your Projects Are Done Being Glazed

Make sure your name is clearly written on the bottom

Fill out a self-grade and place on the counter by the clock

Both the plate and the container are due next week Friday the 5th of December