Ceramics Review

What is slip?

• Glaze

• Clay with water

• Underglaze

• Incising

Underglaze is...

• more like clay than glaze

• glaze but matte

• glossy glaze

• a clear coat that you brush on

Bisque firing is...

• what you do after you have glazed your work

• a kiln

• clay at bone dry

• a process that helps dry out the clay completely

Natural gas kiln is special because

• it is bigger

• it is what we have at our school

• oxygen is always flowing

• of the reduction firing

What are these tools called?

• Loop or ribbon

• Needle or pin

• Carving

• Modeling

Why do you have to wipe the glaze off the bottom?

• Because it will flake off

• It does not matter

• Because it can get stuck on the shelf during firing

• To make it cleaner

How do you adhere two pieces of clay?

• Scratch and slip

• Slip and score

• Slip trailing

• Pinch together

What is this tool called?

• Scrapper

• Pin

• Smoother

• Metal Rib

What is incising and inlaying?

• When you slip and score, then add a piece of clay

• When you scrap parts of the clay and then smooth it out

• When you carve into the clay, add slip, then sponge away

• When you draw into the slip

What is the subtractive method

• When you carve parts of your artwork away

• When you add parts to your artwork

• When you pinch the shape of your artwork

• When you wipe the slip away from your work