Clay Terms Quiz Review

Made to create "Ceramics" or "Pottery" this material is an all natural compound made of granite and igneous rock, harvested from the earth.

• Shale

• Clay

• Slip

When clay is soft and moldable we say that it is in the ____________ state.

• Leather Hard

• Bone Dry

• Plastic

When clay can hold its form and is the consistency of Thick Leather we say that it is...

• Slip

• Bone Dry

• Leather Hard

This is a "glue" for connecting clay. It is created by saturating clay with water until it becomes like a mug.

• Score

• Slip

• Smooth

The piece of pottery on the right is ________________. This means that all of the moisture is gone and it is ready to be bisque fired.

• Leather Hard

• Bone Dry

• Black Hard

This is a decoration technique where a ceramic piece is coated in underglaze and the artist uses tools to scratch away the underglaze to reveal the clay beneath.

• Impressed Texture

• Filigree

• Sgraffito

This technique is a surface decoration in which items are pushed into the plastic clay and leave behind a texture.

• Sgraffito

• Slip Trailing

• Impressed Texture

This is a decorative technique where intricate cut-outs are made in the walls of the clay piece

• Filigree

• Impressed Texture

• Sgraffito

This refers to a support over which a clay slab is draped to shape as it dries.

• Slip Mold

• Slump Mold

• Drape Mold

This basic way of forming clay includes forming clay into a ball, inserting thumb, and pinching the walls of the vessel.

• Thrown

• Coil

• Pinch