Ms. Lane's Pottery Quiz

The terms "slip and score" are used in a pottery class to describe what?

• How you attach two pieces together

• How you design your pottery

• How you get the air bubbles out

• The way you cut clay into sections

What does a clay coil look like?

How do you make a pinch pot?

• Roll out a half inch thick slab and then cut a circle.

• pinch small pieces of clay and add them together

• Start with a ball and then make a hole with your thumbs and widen to desired shape

• Roll out coils and stack them, scoring and slipping with each new row.

The clay must dry out before we can put it in the Kiln, this stage is called Greenware and your clay project is super fragile.

• Blueware

• Greenware

• Bisqueware

• Malware

The clay must dry out before we can put it in the Kiln, this stage is called Greenware and your clay project is super fragile.

• Blueware

• Greenware

• Bisqueware

• Malware

How do we fire the clay in our class once it has dried out?

• Air Dry

• In the Kiln

• In the oven

• Blow Dryer

What type of clay do we use in class.

• Perch

• Porcelan

• Red Mud

• Feldsphar

The kiln reaches temperatures of

• 300-400 degrees

• 600-700 degrees

• Over 1000

• 100-200 degrees

Why do we need to get rid of pockets of air in our clay?

• The molecules in the air pockets get excited under intense heat and need to escape, resulting in an explosion

• The air pockets make the pottery too light to be held down my the forces of gravity.

• The air pockets are not visually appealing.

• The air pockets can hold bacteria which is harmful if ingested

After the pottery has been fired for the first time it is called.

• Bisqueware

• Dinnerware

• Potteryware

• Ceramic