Vessels and Hand building

Evidence suggests functional ceramics were first made

• 29 000 years ago

• 10 000 years ago

• 20 000 years ago

• 1000 years ago

Where has the oldest functional pottery been found?

• China

• Greece

• Australia

• Czechia (Czech Republic)

A hollow container, especially one designed to hold liquid

• Slip

• Bisque Firing

• Vessel

• Slab

Bone dry clay can be returned to the plastic (mouldable) clay stage by soaking it in water.

• True

• False

The first stage of firing is called Bisque Firing

• True

• False

When clay is fired we call the chemical change:

• Vacation

• Vitrification

• Leather Hard

• Vilification

How old is the Venus of Dolní Věstonice? (oldest clay figurine)

• 29 000 years old

• 20 000 years old

• 10 000 years old

• 1000 years old

Complete this sentence:

If you don't score and slip when you add pieces of clay

• your work will explode in the kiln

• they will fall off as your work dries

• you will get a detention

• you will have a perfect artwork

Where has the oldest ceramic figurine (Dolní Věstonice) been found?

• China

• Ethiopia

• Czechia (Czech Republic)

• Greece

The clay we have been using for our pots is called:

• Earthenware

• Stoneware

• Porcelain