Ceramics Vocab

What is the name of this tool?

• Wooden Rib

• Wooden Modeling Tool

• Loop Tool (large ribbon tool)

• Ribbon Tool

What do you use a metal rib for?

• smoothing the surface of your clay

• trimming feet on thrown pots

• shaping pots when throwing on the wheel

• measuring the thickness of your pot's walls

Which is NOT a use for the pin tool?

• scoring clay

• finishing fine details

• cutting or piercing clay

• carving and hollowing out forms

Which is NOT one of the three stages of Greenware?

• Plastic/Wet Stage

• Bisque Stage

• Bone Dry Stage

• Leather Hard Stage

What is the temperature of High Fire?

• 2,300º F

• 1,800º F

• 3,400º F

• 3,200º F

What is the Cone Number of Low Fire?

• 08

• 04

• 10

• 6

Select the two sponges with their uses

• Small round sponge- use for cleaning

• Small round sponge- use for clay

• Rectangle sponge- use for cleaning

• Rectangle sponge- use for clay

A ribbon tool is used for..... (select all that apply)

• carving

• hollowing out forms

• trimming the bases of pots

• burnishing or smoothing

Select all of the surfacing techniques

• Slip Trailing

• Sgraffito

• Wheel Throwing

• Slip Casting

Mishima is the process of....

• Slipping and scoring to add clay forms

• Inlaying underglaze into carved areas

• Carving a design into glaze to reveal clay underneath

• Rubbing clay to give it a soft sheen