Intro to Ceramics

The three basic methods of building that we will use are:

• pinch, pot, and slab

• pinch, coil, and slab

• coil, slab, and pot

• coil, slab, and glaze

If I throw clay,

• I will be suspended

• I will have to eat it

• my parents and Dr. Allen will be contacted

• I won't graduate

While I will avoid splattering wet clay or slip, aprons are available and recommended to protect my clothes.

• true

• false

I may take clay outside the classroom

• true

• false

What is the process of getting air bubbles out of clay?

• You don't have to get them out 
• Throwing it 
• Cutting in and stacking it back together 
• Wedging

When you score clay, you do which of the following?

• scratch into the clay surface

• make slip

• add points

• cut with the wire

What substance is necessary to join two pieces of clay together?

• glue
• slip
• epoxy
• water

Your clay piece should have thickness in the range of?

• 1/8 to 1 inch thick

• 1/2 to 1 inch thick

• 1 to 2 inches thick

• 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick

If my clay work is NOT finished, I absolutely must

• put a comment on Google Classroom

• finish it immediately

• moisten it and wrap it in a plastic bag so the air will not dry it out

• dry off the outside of the piece

When your work is wrapped, it must be

• put on a shelf with the glaze

• put on a shelf with a tape label with your name on it

• put on the teacher's desk and tell Dr. Kurt

• left on your table with your name on it