Clay

What are three basic techniques for forming clay?

• glazing, drying, and decorating

• forming, shaping, and molding

• pinching, coiling, and slab building

The coil building method is when you

• pinch and pull the clay to create something

• make long, snake-like pieces of clay to build up a vessel or object

• make slabs and piece them together

When making a pinch pot, you first have to...

• Make a square

• Roll it into a ball

• Stick your thumb in the center

• Make it flat

What technique was used to build this piece?

• Pottery Wheel

• Pinching

• Coils

• Slabs

How do you connect two pieces of clay?

• Just stick it together

• Slip and Score and Smear

• Smooth them together

• There is no point in putting clay together

Scratching the edges of the clay to join two parts securely is called:

• wedge

• score

• glaze

• kiln

What is the binding "glue" we use for clay? 

• paste
• glue 
• Score 
• Slip 

Where do you fire clay? 

• Kiln 
• Oven 
• Camp fire 
• Microwave

Heating clay to high temperatures in the Kiln is called...

• Heating
• Firing

If you leave a large air bubble in your clay, what will happen?

• It will melt.

• It will dry out in the kiln.

• Nothing will happen.

• It will explode.