Handbuilding Intro Pre Quiz

What is a cone in terms of ceramics?

• Unfired clay.

• The measurement for temperature when firing the clay.

• Colored Slip.

• Kiln.

What are the 3 conditions of clay in order?

• Raw, Leather Hard, Bone Dry

• Greenware, Bisqueware, Glazeware

• Leather Hard, Raw, Bone Dry

• Raw, Bisqueware, Greenware

What are the three handbuilding techniques we learned in class?

• Glaze, Pinch pot, Incising

• Additive, Subtractive, Wedging.

• Pinch pot, Coil, Slab

• Kiln, Cone, Slab

What is slip?

• A measurement of temperature for the firing process.

• Glue made for cermaics

• Colored Clay

• Watery Clay used like glue

What is scoring?

• Scratching the surfaces of the clay

• Carving lines into the piece

• Paint like liquid put on bisqueware

• Watery clay used like glue.

What the 3 stages of clay in order.

• Pinch pot, coil, slab

• Raw, Leather Hard, Glazeware

• Slip, score, kiln

• Greenware, Bisqueware, Glazeware

 What stage of clay is the most fragile?

• Bone Dry

• Raw

• Glazeware

• Slip

What is wedging and why is it important?

• Rolling the clay into ropes

• Working the clay to get the air bubbles out

• Painting the clay with underglaze

• Working the clay to make it flat

What is incising?

• Adding pieces of clay to the piece

• Watery clay used like glue

• The measurement of temperature for the kiln.

• Carving lines into the clay surface

What is the method of subtractive?

• Taking out chunks of the clay piece

• Carving lines into the clay

• Glazing the ceramic

• Putting the ceramic in the kiln