VIP Vocabulary: Evaluating Artwork
Planning
Design/Concept: your idea
Artist: person who creates artworks
Inspiration/Influence – Shaun Tan and your chosen character inspiration
Character: a person or identity in a narrative/story.
Media: what you have used to create your artwork e.g. Pencil, Clay, Pen, Paint,
Photography.
Making
What are you making?
Ceramics: making objects from clay
3D construction
Raku: this is the type of Clay we are using. What do you think about this type of
clay compared to the white clay? Why?
How did you start?
Maquette: small version to practice and decide if your design worked.
Kneading: makes clay soft and workable
What technique did you use?
Coil technique or Pinch technique
How did you create the character?
Modelling: creating the shape
Carving / scratching / cutting: creating details
Score and Slip: rough up edges and use wetter clay to stick pieces together
Did your 3D construction have to be hollow? Why? How did you make it
hollow?
Did you have to change your design? Why?
What was easy/difficult? How?
Would you do it this way again or change how you did it?
Other vocabulary
Kiln: furnace used to fire clay to make it hard
Plastic stage: clay soft and easy to model
Leather hard stage: clay that has dried a bit but is still able to be joined to other clay
Green ware: ready to be fired.
Bisque fired: been fired once