Vocabulary
Bisque - Pottery which has been fired once, without glaze, to a temperature just before vitrification
Texture - Used to enhance the sense of touch, contours give dynamic shading and coloring, subtlety enhancing other art elements.
Juxtaposition: opposites that make the other stand out
Centering - Technique to move the clay in to a symmetrical rotating axis in the middle of a wheel head so you can throw it
Positive and negative space - An art element that uses cutting and adding clay to enhance the shape of a piece
Coning - A technique on the wheel to help you center the clay, involves pulling the clay up into a cone shape and then pushing it back down
Wedging - A method of kneading clay to make it homogeneous and to remove air bubbles