Ceramic Terms

_________ is the clay’s ability to be maneuvered without breaking

• Stretching

• Elasticity

• Coiling

• Rolling

Ceramics is an art and the science of making things out of clay made permanent with a temperature of 1300°F

• True

• False

What is the oven called where clay is heated to make the clay permanent and strong?

• Firing

• Oven

• Kiln

• Fire

What is it called when heating a clay object in a kiln?

• Firing

• Heat up

• Hot

• Fire

_____________ is very strong and waterproof ceramics that were fired at a high temperature

• Stoneware

• Bisque

• Bone-dry

• Green-ware

___________ is unglazed clay that has been fired in the kiln at a low temperature so it is ready to be glazed

• Stoneware

• Bisque

• Bone-dry

• Greenware

__________ is a glass coat on a ceramic body applied to bisque fired clay.

• Paint

• Ceramics

• Glaze

• Slip

What are the 7 stages of clay?

• Slip, workable, leatherhard, dry, bisqueware, bonedry, and glazed

• Dry, workable, leatherhard, slip, bisqueware, bonedry, and glazed

• Slip, workable, leatherhard, bisqueware, dry, bonedry, and glazed

• Dry, slip, workable, leatherhard, bonedry, bisqueware, and glazed

_________ is the clay that is completely dry and ready to be put in the kiln

• Stoneware

• Leatherhard

• Bone-dry

• Greenware

__________ is partially dry clay that can still be carved but cannot be bent

• Stoneware

• Leatherhard

• Bone-dry

• Greenware