Tamm Terminology & Fancy Facts
Terminology
adorn |əˈdôrn|
verb [ trans. ]
make more beautiful or attractive : pictures and prints adorned his walls.
adornment noun
canvas |ˈkanvəs|
noun
a strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax, cotton, or a similar yarn, used to make items such as sails and tents and as a surface for oil painting : [as adj. ] a canvas bag.
• a piece of such cloth prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting.
• an oil painting : Turner's late canvases.
carving |ˈkärvi ng |
noun
an object or design cut from a hard material as an artistic work.
carve |kärv|
verb [ trans. ]
1 (often be carved) cut (a hard material) in order to produce an aesthetically pleasing object or design : the wood was carved with runes | [as adj. ] ( carved) bookcases of carved oak.
• produce (an object) by cutting and shaping a hard material : the altar was carved from a block of solid jade.
• produce (an inscription or design) by cutting into hard material : an inscription was carved over the doorway | figurative the river carved a series of gorges into the plain.
clay |klā|
noun
a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It can be molded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.
• technical sediment with particles smaller than silt, typically less than 0.00016 inch (0.004 mm).
• a hardened clay surface for a tennis court.
• poetic/literary the substance of the human body : this lifeless clay.
doodle |ˈdoōdl|
verb [ intrans. ]
scribble absentmindedly : he was only doodling in the margin.
noun
a rough drawing made absentmindedly.
DERIVATIVES
doodler |-d(ə)lər| noun
gouache |gwä sh; goōˈä sh |
noun
a method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a gluelike substance.
• paint of this kind; opaque watercolor.
• a picture painted in this way.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: French, from Italian guazzo.
print |print|
verb [ trans. ] (often be printed)
mark (a surface, typically a textile or a garment) with a colored design or pattern : a delicate fabric printed with roses.
• transfer (a colored design or pattern) to a surface : patterns of birds, flowers, and trees were printed on the cotton.
noun
a piece of fabric or clothing with a decorative colored pattern or design printed on it : light summer prints | [as adj. ] a floral print dress.
• such a pattern or design.
polymer |ˈpäləmər|
noun Chemistry
a substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together, e.g., many synthetic organic materials used as plastics and resins.
Polymer clay is a type of modeling clay based on the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It typically contains no clay minerals, but like mineral clay a liquid is added to dry particles until it achieves gel-like working properties, and similarly, the part is put into an oven to harden, hence its colloquial designation as clay. Polymer clay is generally used for making arts and craft items, and is also used in commercial applications to make decorative parts. Art made from polymer clay can now be found in major museums.
verb [ trans. ]
make more beautiful or attractive : pictures and prints adorned his walls.
adornment noun
canvas |ˈkanvəs|
noun
a strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax, cotton, or a similar yarn, used to make items such as sails and tents and as a surface for oil painting : [as adj. ] a canvas bag.
• a piece of such cloth prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting.
• an oil painting : Turner's late canvases.
carving |ˈkärvi ng |
noun
an object or design cut from a hard material as an artistic work.
carve |kärv|
verb [ trans. ]
1 (often be carved) cut (a hard material) in order to produce an aesthetically pleasing object or design : the wood was carved with runes | [as adj. ] ( carved) bookcases of carved oak.
• produce (an object) by cutting and shaping a hard material : the altar was carved from a block of solid jade.
• produce (an inscription or design) by cutting into hard material : an inscription was carved over the doorway | figurative the river carved a series of gorges into the plain.
clay |klā|
noun
a stiff, sticky fine-grained earth, typically yellow, red, or bluish-gray in color and often forming an impermeable layer in the soil. It can be molded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.
• technical sediment with particles smaller than silt, typically less than 0.00016 inch (0.004 mm).
• a hardened clay surface for a tennis court.
• poetic/literary the substance of the human body : this lifeless clay.
doodle |ˈdoōdl|
verb [ intrans. ]
scribble absentmindedly : he was only doodling in the margin.
noun
a rough drawing made absentmindedly.
DERIVATIVES
doodler |-d(ə)lər| noun
gouache |gwä sh; goōˈä sh |
noun
a method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a gluelike substance.
• paint of this kind; opaque watercolor.
• a picture painted in this way.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: French, from Italian guazzo.
print |print|
verb [ trans. ] (often be printed)
mark (a surface, typically a textile or a garment) with a colored design or pattern : a delicate fabric printed with roses.
• transfer (a colored design or pattern) to a surface : patterns of birds, flowers, and trees were printed on the cotton.
noun
a piece of fabric or clothing with a decorative colored pattern or design printed on it : light summer prints | [as adj. ] a floral print dress.
• such a pattern or design.
polymer |ˈpäləmər|
noun Chemistry
a substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together, e.g., many synthetic organic materials used as plastics and resins.
Polymer clay is a type of modeling clay based on the polymer polyvinyl chloride (PVC). It typically contains no clay minerals, but like mineral clay a liquid is added to dry particles until it achieves gel-like working properties, and similarly, the part is put into an oven to harden, hence its colloquial designation as clay. Polymer clay is generally used for making arts and craft items, and is also used in commercial applications to make decorative parts. Art made from polymer clay can now be found in major museums.
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