Ceramics Basics

If you have an issue with your grades, what should you do? (select all that apply)

• scream louder and louder at Mrs. Perez

• Come to one of her other classes and interrupt

• wait to see if she has time at the end of class

• email or come to tutoring

What is "unfired" clay called?

• Newb

• Greenware

• Glazeware

• Bisqueware

Why should you NEVER grab clay if it doesn't come from the "new" boxes?

• it needs to be wedged & might have air bubbles

• it's only bad if you get caught accidentally taking it

• it just doesn't have that "new clay" smell

Why shouldn't you reach into the clay water in the sinks? (2 answers)

• every kid from every class washes their germs into it

• Germ-filled clay sinks to the bottom

• You might get super human powers that you can't control

• Because sink clay isn't as yummy of a snack as Takis

If you are horsing around in class, like throwing water or tools, what do you think the consequences will be?

• detention

• if it's the first time I shouldn't get more than a warning

• losing the right to play with clay

• if we are just joking around it's fine

What term describes a material with small holes that lets air or liquid pass through?

• prickly

• pontificate

• porous

• hole-y

When does the true color of glaze reveal itself?

• before it is fired

• while it is fired

• after it has been fired

Bisqueware is what we call greenware that has been fired. What is the nickname for bisqueware?

• cookies

• earthenware

• biscuits

What do Pyrometric cones measure?

• how cool the kiln is

• how hot the kiln gets or that a certain temperature has been reached

• the size of the bisqueware

What is density basically?

• how compact or thick something is

• how hot the kiln gets

• how often you have to refire clay