| Term | Definition |
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| accordion fold | folding paper back and forth as a fan. |
| analogous colors | a color scheme where 3 or more colors are used that touch each other on the color wheel adn share a common hue, such as red, red-orange, and red-violet. |
| asymmetrical balance | a type of visual balance in which one side of the composition appears different than the other side while remaining balanced. Visually equal without being identical. |
| bail | the looped part of a medallion or pendant that allows it to be hung from a chain or cord. |
| balance | a principle of design that refers to the equalization of elements in a work of art. There are three kinds of balance: symmetrical (formal), asymmetrical (informal), and radial. |
| bench pin | a tool usually attached to a table used to support the metal when sawing. |
| binder board | heavy, acid-free cardboard material used in bookmaking or box making. |
| bone folder | a tool to help make clean, sharp folds in paper for book and box making. |
| brayer | a rolling tool used to apply ink to the printing plate in printmaking. |
| buffing | the process of polishing and finishing metal by using a buffing cloth or a buffing wheel. |
| collage | a French term meaning to glue. A technique of gluing a variety of materials together on a support to create a design. |
| color | an element of design that identifies natural and manufactured things as being red, yello, blue, orange, or any other name that identifies their hues. |
| color schemes | the arrangement of colors used in a work of art, such as monochromatic, analogous, complementary, or mixed. |
| complementary colors | hues opposite each other on the color wheel that strongly contrast when placed next to each other, but create a neutral hue when mixed together. |
| composition | the arrangement of the parts in a work of art usually according to the principles of design. |
| contrast | a principle of design that refers to differences in values, colors, textures, and other elements in an artwork to achieve emphasis and interest. |
| cool colors | a color scheme in which colors are used that create a sense of coolness such as blue, green, and violet. |
| design elements | tools used in creating a work of art. The design elements are line, shape, color, space, texture, form. |
| edition | a numbered set of identical prints. |
| emphasis | a princple of design by which the artist or designer may use opposing sizes or shapes, contrasting colors, or other means to place greater attention on certain areas of objects in a work of art. |
| end page | the inside page that backs the cover or back of a book. |
| fire scale | an oxide of copper that forms within sterling and gold alloys. It is created and enlarged by high temperatures particularly in the presences of free oxygen. It appears as a purple stain. |
| flange | the edge of lip inside a cover or top edge of a covered box or covered ceramic piece. |
| flux | any number of chemicals used to prevent the formation of oxides during soldering and melting. |
| foam board | a material with styrophome at the core and a light tag board on the front and back. |
| form | the three demensional shape and structure of an object. |
| design principles (formal properties) | design properties of balance, contrast, variety, rhythm, repetition, and unity. |
| geometric shape | shapes such as square, circle, or triangle that can be made with tools. |
| head | the top edge of a signature page in bookmaking. |
| horizontal | a line or shape that lies down and is paralllel to the top and bottom edges of the paper. |
| jump ring | a thin ring made of copper, brass, etc. used to link a bracelet together or to hand a pendant. |
| line | a design element that has length and width, but the width is very tiny compared to the length. A moving dot. A line is created by movement, which can convey all sorts of moods and feelings. For example, nervous, angry, happy, free, quiet, excited, calm, and graceful. |
| line quality | the variety of lines like thick, thin, dark, light, straight, curved, broken, etc. |
| liver of sulpher | a compound dissolved in water to create a patina on sterling and copper. |
| mallet | a leather hammer used in jewelry making. |
| mat | to cut a cardboard frame used to present a work of art or the cardboard material used for matting. |
| medium or media | material used to create art, such as pencil, pen, watercolor, oil color, pastel, acrylic paint, wood, stone, and various found objects are just a few examples of medium. |
| mountain fold | the part of an accordion fold that rises upward. |
| monochromatic colors | a color scheme using only one hue and its variations in tints and shades. |
| negative space | the background or space surrounding the defined, foreground shapes in a work of art. |
| neutral colors | a color scheme in which the colors fall in the tan, brown, and beige range and can be made by mixing primary or complimentary colors together. |
| organic shape | free form or natural shape often found in nature. Cannot be created easily with a tool. |
| palette | flat surface for mixing paints or inks of the colors used in a work of art. |
| patina | any of hundreds of surface films created on metals to provide a desired color or surface finish. |
| pickle | a mild acid solution used to clean metal pieces after being soldered or annealed. |
| piercing | in jewelry making, drilling a small hole in the metal in order to be able to cut out an inside area. |
| positive space | the objects in a work or art, as opposed to the background or area around the objects. |
| printing plate | the flat surface in which a design is carved or etched and ink applied in printmaking. |
| proportion | the mathematical relationship in size of individual parts to one another and to a whole. |
| primary colors | the basic hues that can be mixed to produce all other colors (red, blue, and yellow) |
| reduction print | printmaking in which more surgace of the printing plate is removed after each color is printed resulting in a print with several colors using only one printing plate. |
| registration | lining up printing paper on the printing plate in order to align each color accurately. |
| relief print | printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print. |
| secondary colors | a color produced when two primary hues are mixed in equal proportion. (orange, green, and violet) |
| shape | a two-dimensional area defined by boundaries. |
| soft cut | material used for printing plate in printing. |
| soldering | the process of heating solder to temperature so it melts and joins two pieces of metal together. |
| solder | metal material heated to fluid used in joining metal together. Solder is identified as hard, medium, and easy, hard having the higher melting point and easy having the lower melting point. |
| support | the surface on which a 2 dimensional work of art is made. |
| technique | the method of using a medium or tool by an artist, or the particular method of an artist, closely linked to style. |
| three-dimensional | having the dimensions of height, width, and depth as in a sculpture. |
| tinning | a soldering technique in jewelry making where the solder is first melted on the under side of the top piece before two pieces are fused together. |
| transparent | able to see through. |
| triadic colors | a color cheme that incorporates any 3 colors equal distance from each other on the color wheel such as red, yellow, and blue, red-orange, yellow-green, or blue-violet, for instance. |
| two-dimensional | a method of representing three-dimensional objects in space on a two-dimensional surface and having 2 vanishing points. Flat, having only the dimensions of height and width. |
| valley fold | the part of an accordion fold that goes downward. |
| value | the quality of darkness or lightness of a color. |
| variation | showing a variety either in quality of line (dark to light, thick to thin), shape, textures, or color/value to create interest in an artwork. |
| warm colors | a color scheme using colors that create a sense of heat such as red, orange, and yellow. |
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