Ceramics terminology pt. 1

The properties of clay that allow it to be shaped and manipulated.

• slippery

• earthenware

• plasticity

• greenware

Forming and shaping clay by squeezing the clay between your thumb and finger is a construction technique called...

• slab

• pinch

• coil

A technique that uses long ropes of clay to make pottery.

• scoring

• slipping

• coiling

• wedging

The roughening of the surface of wet or leathered clay to properly attach another piece of wet/leathered clay.

• coiling

• slab

• slipping

• scoring

A stage in the drying process of clay when the clay is no longer soft, but not dry either. This is when it's strong.

• greenware

• bisqueware

• leather hard

• bone dry

Method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets.

• wedging

• slumping

• squishing

• walloping

If you don't want your clay to fall apart after you make it, you should...

• press the pieces together very tightly

• throw your piece away after making it so you don't have to worry

• score and slip the pieces together

• not worry and just glue everything together after it falls apart

You need to score and slip all pieces of clay before joining them.

• yes

• no

A hole punched in a pinch pot to release air is called a ...

• vent hole

• hole

• punch hole

• air hole

Clay can go down a sink...

• anytime. It's organic, what can happen?

• never, ever, ever.

• sometimes, if you don't do it too often.