Basic Clay

The three basic methods of building that we will use are:

• pinch, pot, and slab

• pinch, coil, and slab

• coil, slab, and pot

• coil, slab, and glaze

While I will avoid splattering wet clay or slip, aprons are available and recommended to protect my clothes.

• true

• false

What is the process of getting air bubbles out of clay?

• You don't have to get them out 
• Throwing it 
• Cutting in and stacking it back together 
• Wedging

When you score clay, you do which of the following?

• scratch into the clay surface

• make slip

• add points

• cut with the wire

What substance is necessary to join two pieces of clay together?

• glue
• slip
• epoxy
• water

Your clay piece should have thickness in the range of?

• 1/8 to 1 inch thick

• 1/2 to 1 inch thick

• 1 to 2 inches thick

• 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick

When you finish your clay work, make sure it is unwrapped to dry, AND

• your name or initials are engraved somewhere on your work

• leave it on Dr. Kurt's desk

• totally glazed

• your name is entered on Google Classroom

Ceramic "glaze" is

• the shiny, colorful, glassy coating on ceramics

• a sugary substance

• a window

• a thin film

A kiln is

• a glassy coating for ceramics

• a clay mixer

• a kind of oven for baking ceramics

• a drying device

To clean up my clay tools I should:

• Soak them in water then put them in correct container

• Wash them with soap then put them up

• scrape off wet clay and let them air dry

• Scrape off wet clay and put into correct container