Ceramics Review

A method of joining together two pieces of clay with slip

• Scoring and Slipping
• Scoring and Wedging
• Scoring and Scratching
• Scratching and Spackling

Kneading clay with the fingers and heel of the hand in a rocking motion, which forces out trapped air pockets, excessive water and develops a more uniform texture.

• Slipping
• Scoring
• Wedging
• Slab Building

A clay in liquid suspension

• Pinch Pot
• Slab
• Glaze
• Slip

A special oven for firing pottery to maturity

• Kiln
• Wheel
• Drying cabinet 
• Slab box

A mixture of powdered materials that often includes premelted glass made into a slip and applied to a ceramic body by brushing, dipping or spraying.

• Slip
• Chemical Water
• Ceramic Glaze
• Acrylic Paint

A method of hand building where clay is rolled flat to an even thickness using slats and a rolling pin

• Coil Pot
• Scoring
• Pinch Pot
• Slab

The condition of clay that is totally air-dried

• Bisque ware
• Slip
• Leather Hard
• Bone dry

What are the 3 reasons a project blows up in the kiln?

• too much fire, too thin, too sharp
• Air pockets, too much clay, too dry
• Too dry, too sharp, air pockets
•  too thick, too wet, air pockets or bubbles

This object fires the clay, it can get as hot as 1,890 degrees.

• kennel
• Kiln
• oven 
• kilm

What are the 3 hand building methods?

• pinch, pottery,  glaze
• coil, fire, pinch
• pinch, slab, coil