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Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins
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Class
Date
1.
An earthy material that is plastic when wet, brittle when dry, and very hard when heated:
a)
glaze
b)
soil
c)
slip
d)
clay
2.
Colored decoration applied before the glaze.
a)
porosity
b)
underglaze
c)
vitrify
d)
casting
3.
Pinching a lump of clay into the desired form or building a form with small pieces pinched into various shapes.
a)
warping
b)
incising
c)
potter's wheel
d)
pinching
4.
Pockets of air trapped in the clay; may cause clay piece to explode as air inside expands.
a)
air bubbles
b)
moist greenware
c)
foot
d)
firing temperature
5.
Property of clay that allows it to be workable and bendable.
a)
porosity
b)
wedge
c)
glaze
d)
plasticity
6.
Stage of greenware that is formed; it is still plastic; its form can still be changed.
a)
bone dry greenware
b)
moist greenware
c)
bisque fire
d)
firing temperature
7.
A furnace for firing ceramics, enamels, and fusing glass.
a)
kiln
b)
cone
c)
pinching
d)
plasticity
8.
The first firing that changes greenware into bisque ware.
a)
bisque fire
b)
moist greenware
c)
vitrify
d)
glaze
9.
To heat a clay object in a kiln to a certain temperature.
a)
extruder
b)
casting
c)
warping
d)
fire
10.
To slice, pound, and knead clay.
a)
wedge
b)
coiling
c)
potter's wheel
d)
cone
11.
Using clay ropes to form a clay object.
a)
coiling
b)
slip
c)
cone
d)
pinching
12.
Using pressed or rolled flat sections of clay to build a clay object.
a)
cone
b)
slab
c)
foot
d)
casting
13.
The mixture of clay and water (liquid clay) used to attach clay and sometimes to decorate is called
a)
slab
b)
score
c)
slip
14.
Before clay has been fired, it is known as
a)
bisqueware
b)
glaze
c)
greenware
15.
The most hazardous part of working with clay is
a)
getting it on your skin
b)
getting it on your clothes
c)
breathing clay dust
d)
using clay tools correctly
16.
Which is NOT true. It is important to keep your claywork an even thickness throughout because
a)
if creates an even distribution of weight
b)
this encourages even drying
c)
thicker areas will cause the form to rock
d)
wet clay can be fired faster
17.
What does clay contain that is poisonous in dust form?
a)
Dust
b)
Glass
c)
Carbon
d)
Silica
18.
When we attach two pieces of clay, what must we do?
a)
Score
b)
Slip
c)
Slip and Score
d)
Smooth together
19.
Metal ribbon like shapes on either end of a wooden tool.
a)
These are pin tools
b)
These are modeling tools
c)
These are sgraffito tools
d)
These are loop tools
20.
What stage of clay is the most workable, and what stage is no longer workable?
a)
Plastic, Bone-Dry
b)
Bone-Dry, Leather-Hard
c)
Leather-Hard, Plastic
d)
Bisque, Greenware
21.
After one firing, our pieces become __________ and can never become ______ again.
a)
Bliss, dry
b)
Bisqueware, clay
c)
Clay, biscuits
d)
Bone-dry, bisque
22.
What temperature is low-fire clay fired at?
a)
Around 450 degrees
b)
Around 1000 degrees
c)
Around 360 degrees
d)
Around 1850 degrees
23.
When making forms hollow, what do we do to avoid explosions?
a)
Slip and Score
b)
Make sure it's dry
c)
Keep it thick
d)
Make a vent hole
24.
Nail shape protruding from one end of a tool.
What is the name of this tool?
What is the name of this tool?
a)
needle
b)
knife
c)
carving tool
d)
sprig
25.
What is the name of the form the slab is resting on
a)
press mold
b)
cup mold
c)
hump mold
d)
sprig mold
26.
What is the name of the form the slab is resting on
a)
press mold
b)
cup mold
c)
hump mold
d)
sprig mold
27.
What is the name of the tool being used to smooth the slab?
a)
scratcher
b)
rib
c)
carving tool
d)
loop tool
28.
How do you clean this tool?
a)
wait for it to dry and pound it free of debris
b)
dip squeeze
c)
rinse glaze or clay in the sink
d)
wax
29.
What is the name of this tool?
a)
rib
b)
carving tool
c)
sponge
d)
dohicky
30.
What is the name of this equipment?
a)
wrap
b)
colander
c)
spinner
d)
wheel
31.
What is the name of this equipment?
a)
slab roller
b)
kiln
c)
drape mold
d)
oven
32.
What is the name of this equipment?
a)
slab roller
b)
press
c)
clay crusher
d)
rolling pin
33.
What are the 3 stages of clay?
a)
Plastic, Leather-Hard, Bone Dry
b)
Plastic, Leather-Dry, Bone Dry
c)
Plastic, Leather-Hard, Bisque Dry
d)
Plastic, Bone-Plastic, Leather Dry
34.
What is the most common way to make a foot?
a)
Rolling out a pancake of clay and attaching to the bottom
b)
making a coil ring
c)
four large balls or cubes
d)
denting the clay
35.
What is hand building?
a)
Any method where things are built using machines to make forms
b)
any method where clay forms are built using the hands
c)
Any method where things are built using pinch, coil, or pottery wheels
d)
Any method where things are built using pottery wheels
36.
What tools do we use to smooth clay?
a)
A sopping wet sponge and a smoothing rib
b)
a dry sponge and a smoothing rib
c)
a paddle or rib
d)
a sopping wet sponge and your fingernail
37.
What are the 3 main kinds of pottery (clay)?
a)
Earthenware, Stoneware, Porcelain
b)
Bisqueware, Earthenware, China
c)
Stoneware, Bisqueware, Porcelain
d)
Earthenware, Greenware, Stoneware
38.
What can we do to our pottery to make it permanent and waterproof?
a)
fire it only once
b)
use texture on it
c)
glaze it
d)
nothing
39.
Impressing texture should be done during this stage
a)
bisque
b)
plastic
c)
leather hard
d)
bone dry
40.
Which of the following definitions best describes a miter or bevel cut?
a)
a cut at 45 degree angle
b)
a cut at 90 degree angle
c)
a cut that curves upward
d)
a cut that shows score marks
41.
Which IS the best way to keep handbuilt tiles from warping?
a)
dry tiles as slowly and evenly as possible by flipping them when possible
b)
blow dry the slabs so they dry really fast OR peel the tile off the laminate tabletop by the corner
c)
peel the tiles off the laminate tabletop by their corner and flip often
d)
place it on plastic and allow to air dry from above
42.
Can you slip pieces of a broken clay project back together after the bisque firing?
a)
no
b)
yes
43.
All of the following stages of drying allow clay to be recycled except
a)
leather hard
b)
bone dry
c)
bisque
d)
plastic
44.
The PRESS MOLD process can BEST be described as
a)
slab is placed over a hump mold
b)
wrapping clay around a preexisting form and removing it before it hardens
c)
clay that is pushed into a shape or form
d)
none of the above
45.
The SLING MOLD process can BEST be described as
a)
wrapping clay around a preexisting form and removing it before it hardens
b)
clay that is pushed into a shape or form and removed after it stiffens
c)
suspended and secured piece of cloth that holds a slab until it stiffens
d)
an object that forms the clay while in motion
46.
Building slab pieces with leather hard or stiff clay works best for creating
a)
organic forms, and using the mold technique to shape the slab
b)
large sculptural geometric shapes like boxes using the construction technique
47.
The glaze on your pottery form will always turn out the way the test tile looks
a)
true
b)
false
48.
Glaze turns out the same color after the firing as the liquid within the bottle
a)
true
b)
false
49.
I have applied underglaze to my bisque fired pot. I now have to apply glaze after it dries fully. I place it in this area until the loaders fire it?
a)
glazed ware
b)
bisque ware
c)
green ware
d)
in progress
50.
I have applied underglaze to my unfired pot. I place it on which cart for the loaders?
a)
glazed ware
b)
bisque ware
c)
green ware
51.
I have finished applying glaze to my bisque fired pot. I place it on which cart for the loaders?
a)
glazed ware
b)
bisque ware
c)
green ware
52.
Glazed pieces should not touch each other in the kiln.
a)
true
b)
false
c)
depends
53.
The only purpose for glazing a pot is to make it pretty.
a)
true
b)
false
54.
Applying glazes one on top of another will cause some color change.
a)
true
b)
false
55.
Now that my pot is fired with a colorful glaze, I can paint it with clear glaze so it will be shiny.
a)
true
b)
false
56.
Which is NOT a correct way to control the shape (silhouette) of a coil pot?
a)
Template
b)
Shape the base
c)
Adding lots of slip
d)
paddling with a wooden spoon or paddle
57.
An alternative surface to glazing ceramic ware is
a)
gluing magazine pictures to the form after the bisque firing
b)
painting with acrylic paint after the bisque firing
c)
applying shoe polish after the bisque firing
d)
all of the above
58.
When the handle falls off
a)
glue it on and then fire the form
b)
glaze the two parts and stick in the kiln to fuse back together
c)
both of the above
d)
leave the handle off and allow the form to be a cup that needs no handle
59.
When using a rolling pin to make slabs of clay, why would you use slats or guide sticks?
a)
To control the size of the slab
b)
for even thickness of the slab
c)
to make lines in the clay slab
d)
to create wavy thickness in the slab
60.
When combining the techniques of glaze and acrylic paint you should
a)
glaze fire your piece and after it cools, apply acrylic paint over raw (unglazed) areas
b)
glaze fire your piece and then apply acrylic paint over glazed areas
c)
apply acrylic paint, cover with clear glaze, and fire
d)
none of the above
61.
Part of a pot you should glaze first
a)
inside
b)
outside
c)
bottom
d)
handle
62.
What is sgraffito?
a)
applying glaze through an airbrush
b)
scratching through the underglaze or mason stain to reveal the clay color beneath
c)
incising lines into unstained clay
d)
dipping the form into a glaze
63.
Unglazed foot on a piece of pottery is called
a)
wipe and fire
b)
dry foot
c)
scraped and brittle
d)
compromised
64.
This is used to protect the kiln shelf in the event that glaze crawls during the firing or the artist leaves glaze on the foot...
a)
wax
b)
kiln wash
c)
silica dust
d)
paper
65.
When loading the kiln with every pot possible, it is okay to
a)
stack all glazed forms in order to conserve space
b)
stack all underglazed and bone dry forms in order to conserve space
c)
stack underglazed and glazed forms to conserve space
d)
leave a lot of space between forms to allow for explosions
66.
To ensure ______________ while making a tall coil form, in Webb's class, we must use ____________
a)
completion, thick coils
b)
completion, rib tools to score
c)
symmetry, paper template
d)
symmetry, cardboard template
67.
The best measure for keeping your clay from drying out
a)
you can't, so just get a new piece each day
b)
rub it with a soaking wet sponge
c)
drench it under the sink
d)
store it in a closed bag
68.
Steps to clean YOUR area each day
a)
push all tools and clay crumbs toward the person that never cleans
b)
take your own tools and pottery to your in-progress shelf so someone can wipe the table
c)
nose goes it
d)
put away project, take tools away, scrape, wipe, wipe again
69.
How many layers of glaze should you apply to your ceramic work?
a)
5 or more
b)
2 thin coats
c)
refer to the test tile
d)
read the label
70.
We don't (normally) glaze bone dry forms because
a)
moisture being added back to joints and connection points cause the clay to expand and constrict again
b)
the pot is brittle at best and adding glaze means moving it again, clay can get mixed in with glaze if unfired
c)
the clay when bisque fired is porous and accepts the glaze more readily
d)
all are true
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