Clay Terms

Fill in the blank: A malleable material made of fine particles of minerals that can be shaped and hardened by drying or firing in a _______.

• kiln.

• oven.

• furnace.

• microwave.

Fill in the blank: A supportive framework or skeleton, usually made from materials like wire or aluminum foil, that is used to support a sculpture or clay piece while it is being shaped and during the _______ process.

• drying.

• painting.

• heating.

• cooling.

Fill in the blank: Clay that is completely dried but has not yet been fired in the _______.

• kiln.

• oven.

• furnace.

• microwave.

Fill in the blank: A stage of drying where clay is firm but still has some _______.

• moisture.

• cracks.

• hardness.

• dryness.

Fill in the blank: The ability of clay to be molded or shaped without _______.

• cracking.

• breaking.

• bending.

• melting.

Fill in the blank: When clay has lost almost all of its moisture content, and is as dry as possible before it is fired in a _______.

• kiln.

• oven.

• furnace.

• microwave.

Fill in the blank: A flat piece of clay that is rolled out to a uniform thickness, typically used for constructing clay forms like _______ or walls.

• boxes.

• vases.

• plates.

• sculptures.

A hand-building technique where long, rolled pieces of clay (called _______) are stacked and smoothed together to form the structure of a piece.

• coils

• slabs

• wedges

• pinches

Fill in the blank: A simple hand-building technique in which a ball of clay is pinched between the thumb and fingers to form a _______.

• shape.

• vase.

• sculpture.

• bowl.

Fill in the blank: A liquid mixture of clay and water, It's typically a creamy, mud-like consistency that can be applied to the surface of clay pieces to _______ them together.

• secure.

• paint.

• separate.

• dissolve.