Applied Art

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clay

glass

fiber art

metal

Wood

ceramics

Clay pieces that have been fired in a kiln.

Clay- is malleable earth when wet.

Kiln- A kiln is a piece of machinery that essentially cooks the clay and turns it from clay to ceramic. The simple way to think of a kiln is that it is like an oven that gets REALLY HOT!

clay bodies: consist of clay and other ingredients added to improve the clay's plasticity and firing properties.

Porcelain

Stoneware

Earthenware

forming clay works

Wheel throwing

Coiling

Pinching

Slab building

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finishing and firing clay works

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GLAZE

A finely ground mixture of minerals and water that vitrifies into a glass-like surface when fired, used to decorate and seal a work in clay.

A mixture of clay and water used to decorate, cast, or join pieces of clay.

An oven that reaches temperatures of 1,200 to 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit, used for firing ceramics.

glass

Glass is solid and fragile at room temperature, but when heated to a molten state can be poured, stretched, and shaped.

Stain glass window

Glassblowing: The process of blowing air through a tube into molten glass to form glass objects.

glass techniques

Hot Glass Techniques

Cold Glass Techniques

• Cut into smaller pieces with diamond-tipped cutter or with a hot iron or steel cutter.
• Drilled to form holes.
• Sandblasted to form texture.
• Etched with acid to frost.
• Engraved to cut designs.
• Painted to add decoration.

• Cast in a mold.
• Pulled into threads and wrapped around wires or shaped cores to form beads or vessels.
• Bent, melted, or fused to other pieces of glass.
• Blown to create hollow forms.

Fiber art

Fiber are threadlike strands made from natural or synthetic sources.

Weaving

A method of interfacing vertical and horizontal thread to form a fabric.

Warp: In weaving and carpet making, the vertical, lengthwise threads that are held taut.

Weft: In weaving and carpet making, the horizontal, widthwise threads that are interlaced.

Loom

A structure used in weaving and carpet making that holds the warp threads taut and lifts or depresses select warp threads so that weft threads may be easitly interlaced.

Warp: In weaving and carpet making, the vertical, lengthwise threads that are held taut.

Weft: In weaving and carpet making, the horizontal, widthwise threads that are interlaced.

Basket making

Basket makers combine reeds, roots, vines, and/or grasses by hand (without a loom) to from containers.

Feathered Basket Pomo early 20th century

Quilting

Quilts are made by sewing together previously constructed pieces of cloth.

Jessie Pettway, Bars and String-Piece Columns. 1950s. Cotton, 7'11" x 6'4"/

Metal

Metal art

Stain glass window

Glassblowing: The process of blowing air through a tube into molten glass to form glass objects.

wood

Wood art

Stain glass window

Glassblowing: The process of blowing air through a tube into molten glass to form glass objects.