stages of clay

FINAL FIRING, with glaze

• Bonfire

• Greenware Firing

• Bisque Firing

• Glaze Firing

At what stage is it best to carve designs and cut the clay?

• Bone Dry / Greenware
• Plastic
• Leatherhard
• Bisqueware

Pottery which has been fired once, without glaze, and cannot be recycled.

0% water

• Bisque

• slip

• bone dry

• greenware

How should you clean your hands and tools?

• In the sink with no strainer.

• Using a bowl or bucket to prevent clay from going down the drain.

UNFIRED pottery that is ready to be bisque fired.

• REDWARE

• GREENWARE

• YELLOWARE

• BISQUEWARE

What is the best way to store clay still in work process?

• Sitting on a table uncovered.

• In a cardboard box.

• Is an airtight bag or container.

• In my locker.

The quality of clay which allows it to be manipulated into different shapes without cracking or breaking.

25% WATER

• slip

• leather hard

• Plasticity

• bone dry

To heat a clay object in a kiln to a specific temperature

• EARTH

• ICE

• WATER

• FIRE

FIRST FIRING of greenware...

• Greenware fire

• Bisque fire

• bone dry fire

• glaze fire

Name that STAGE!

• Greenware
• Bisqueware
• Glazeware