Sculpture: S2 Exam Review

A written description from the artist's perspective about their own artwork, to help with viewer understanding.

• Composition
• Judgment
• Artist Statement
• Critique

A sculptural technique where the figures project from a supporting background, but remain attached

• Abstract
• Representational
• Relief
• Paper Mache

Artworks representing something with strong visual references to the real world (making it look somewhat realistic).

• Representational
• Abstract
• Subtractive
• Additive

Process that involves adding material to an art piece.

• Additive
• Subtractive
• Representational
• Abstract

Involves taking material away from an art piece (carving, chiseling, etc.)

• Representational
• Abstract
• Subtractive
• Additive

Rolling long, rope or snake-like pieces of clay, and attaching them together to build up, or decorate, a vessel or object.

• Slab Construction
• Coil Construction
• Throwing
• Pinch Pot Construction

A hand-building method using your thumb and fingers to press a ball of clay into a cup or pot shape.

• Coil Construction
• Pinch Pot Construction
• Slab Construction
• Throwing

Clay that is stiff but still slightly damp. Hard enough to retain its shape but wet enough for further work to be done on it before firing.

• Bone Dry
• Leather Hard
• Slip
• Ceramics

Making pottery using a potters' wheel.

• Throwing
• Slab Construction
• Coil Construction
• Pinch Pot Construction

The manufacture of any product (such as earthenware, porcelain, or brick) made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral (like clay) by firing at a high temperature

• Slip
• Glass
• Ceramics
• Glaze