Hand Building with Clay

What does your table need before you get your clay?

• newspaper

• waterbottle

• pencils

• cloth

What do you do to the clay to get air bubbles out?

• cook it

• slice it into little pieces

• knead it

• put water on it

Where does clay come from?

• the earth

• old minerals

• plant life

• all of the above

A slab pot is made of individual clay pieces that go leather hard before joining them together

• true

• false

What is clay slip?

• It looks like peanut butter

• It is made of clay and water

• It acts like a glue

• All of the above

A clay sculpture doesn't have to be hollow

• True

• False

Clay is fired in a .....

• oven

• kiln

• pit of fire

• shed

How thick can a clay sculpture be?

• thumb

• pencil

• foot

• lego brick

What does it mean when the clay is at a plastic state?

• It is too hard to bend or mould

• It has got plastic in it

• It is easy to mould or carve or shape

• It has been fired

Glaze looks different in the bottle than it does once it has been fired

• False

• True