Basic Ceramics

Coil, slab, and ______ are basic hand building methods.

• construction

• pinch

• form

• slip

Why do you score and slip your clay?

• to keep the clay moist

• to keep the clay in a plastic state

• to attach or join your clay

• to add decorate elements to the pot

How do you score your clay?

• smooth out your surface

• wet the surface of the clay

• blend the surface of the clay

• none of the above

How do you slip your clay?

• roughen the surface of the clay

• blend the clay together

• add water or wet clay

• none of the above

You should blend the clay after you score and slip.

• True

• False

What stage should your clay be in to pinch, form, and manipulate it?

• leather hard

• bone dry

• slip

• plastic

What stage of clay is perfect for carving?

• bone dry

• leather hard

• plastic

• slip

What stage must your clay be in to fire?

• bone dry

• leather hard

• plastic

• slip

If you glaze your clay it will become...

• waterproof

• strong

• decorative or colorful

• all of the above

What must you remember to do to glaze successfully?

• three coats of glaze, dry between layers, glaze the bottom

• three coats of glaze, don't let it dry between layers, don't glaze the bottom

• three coats of glaze, dry between layers, don't glaze the bottom

• three coats of glaze, don't let it dry between layers, glaze the bottom