Ceramics - clay quiz

Which is the correct order of stages that drying clay goes through?

• Wet clay, leather-hard, greenware

• Greenware, wet clay, leather-hard

• Wet clay, greenware, leather-hard

What is the correct definition of slab building?

• Slab building involves rolling out clay to an even thickness, then cutting shapes, folding, bending, manipulating and joining together to form a finished object.

• Slab building involves rolling out coils of clay then manipulating and joining together to form a finished object.

• Slab building involves using a potters wheel to create tall curvy shapes and make them into a finished form.

Which stage of clay is best for carving fine detail ?

• Greenware

• Leather-hard

• Wet clay

What is the name for liquid clay?

• Slip

• Bisque

• Oxide

What is the name for ceramic that has had a first firing?

• Sgraffito

• Relief

• Bisque

Clay is fired in a what?

• A cooker

• A microwave

• A kiln

Which technique means building up a form from small pieces of clay then blending them together?

• Slab casting

• Coiling

• Modelling

Which technique would you use to build up a 3D form from a 2D base?

• Relief

• Impressing

• Slip casting

What is coiling in ceramics?

• Coiling involves the rolling out of clay into long thin sausage-like forms. You then wind them round to make your form.

• Coiling involves the rolling out of clay into slabs and then constructing a form.

• Coiling is when you carve detail into your clay form

When clay has dried out it is normally fired to what temperature in a bisque firing?

• 50°C

• 1000°C

• 500°C