Basic Clay Terms

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

• make marks into the clay surface
• make holes that get filled with slip
• make it possible to join two pieces of clay
• all of the above

What stage of clay is best for molding and manipulating?

• greenware

• leatherhard

• bone dry

• plastic

Clay that is bone dry, but not yet fired is referred to as ---

• Greenware

• Leatherhard

• Plastic

• Bisqueware

Clay that has been fired in the kiln one time is known as what?

• Wet clay

• Dry clay

• Greenware

• Bisqueware

The coil building method is when you

• pinch and pull the clay to create something

• make long, snake-like pieces of clay to build up a vessel or object

• make slabs and piece them together

Process of removing air bubbles from the clay.

• Slab

• Bisque

• Wedge

• Score

This is the perfect stage for carving or adding details.

• Plastic

• Leatherhard

• Bisque

• Bonedry

Using a rolling pin, rolling a solid flat thick,even slice of clay

• Pinch method

• Slab method

• Coil method

• Throwing method

The furnace that heats the clay is called the...

• Oven

• Kiln

• Kennel

• Stove

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

• glue
• slip
• epoxy
• water