WorksheetsThrowing steps
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What throwing step is shown?
a)
Wedging
b)
Centering
c)
Opening
d)
Pulling
2.
Why do we wedge clay?
a)
To release air pockets.
b)
To make the clay pretty.
c)
To make a big mess for Mrs. T.
d)
So the wheel will be friends with the clay.
3.
What throwing step is shown?
a)
Wedging
b)
Centering
c)
Opening
d)
Pulling
4.
What throwing steps are shown?
a)
Wedging
b)
Pulling
c)
Opening
d)
Centering
5.
Why do we wedge clay?
a)
To make the clay listen to you.
b)
To have even moisture in the clay.
c)
Because its fun.
d)
Exercise.
6.
Which of the following is NOT a reason we trim our thrown work?
a)
To make the bottom even.
b)
To make the clay have more moisture.
c)
So the clay is of even thickness to prevent cracking.
d)
Craftsmanship
7.
What throwing step is shown?
a)
Trimming
b)
Centering
c)
Opening
d)
Pulling
8.
What throwing step is shown?
a)
Trimming
b)
Centering
c)
Wedging
d)
Pulling
9.
The machine used to heat and bake the clay
a)
oven
b)
range
c)
raku
d)
kiln
10.
Clay that has been fired once is called
a)
leather hard
b)
bone dry
c)
glazeware
d)
bisqueware
11.
This is what gives clay its shiny, colorful glass surface
a)
Glaze
b)
Slip
c)
Paint
d)
Marker
12.
What do we call all clay work before the first firing?
a)
Bisqueware
b)
Greenware
c)
Plates
13.
What do we call all clay work after the first firing?
a)
Bisqueware
b)
Greenware
c)
Plates
14.
Clay that has been fired a second time with glaze
a)
glazeware
b)
biqueware
c)
shiny ware
d)
glitter bomb
15.
When projects come out of the kiln it has been ______
a)
Burnt
b)
fired
c)
scorched
d)
flamed
16.
This is what gives clay its shiny, colorful glass surface
a)
Glaze
b)
Slip
c)
Bisque
d)
Glitter
17.
This stage of clay is found naturally in the earth.
a)
Raw Clay
b)
Green ware
c)
Bisque
d)
Mud
18.
Brush ____ light, even coats of glaze on the surface.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
19.
Allow each coat to ________ completely before applying the next coat
a)
rest
b)
cover
c)
dry
d)
absorb
20.
You can easily tell what color a glaze will be just by looking.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
You must be sure there is no glaze on the __________ of the vessel.
a)
inside
b)
outside
c)
top
d)
bottom
22.
Glazes contain:
a)
Water, minerals, silica
b)
pigments and water
c)
pigments, silica and oil
d)
water, emulsifier, minerals
23.
What is this tool?
a)
wire loop tool
b)
wire cutter
c)
modeling tool
d)
rib
24.
Kneading clay to remove air bubbles is called
a)
wedging
b)
scoring
c)
fettling
d)
kilning
25.
Liquid clay body (a combination of water and a small amount of clay) is called
a)
slip
b)
kiln
c)
slab
d)
score
26.
People discovered how to make clay how long ago?
a)
500 years
b)
1,000 years
c)
5,000 years
d)
10,000 years
27.
Glaze is made out of
a)
sand
b)
plastic
c)
clay
d)
glass
28.
What is Ceramics?
a)
The final peice made out of clay
b)
Clay made only from working on the pottery wheel
c)
The art of working with clay
d)
The art of sculpture
29.
What are the 3 hand building methods?
a)
pinch, pottery, glaze
b)
coil, fire, pinch
c)
pinch, slab, coil
d)
coil, slab, glaze
30.
How do you recycle clay?
a)
put water on clay
b)
sand it
c)
Put bone dry clay in a bin add water.
d)
You need a machine in order to recycle clay
31.
What happens if you leave your clay out?
a)
drys out
b)
you can still use it
c)
it is good to go
d)
you need to add wet clay to it.
32.
What are the 4 reasons a project blows up in the kiln?
a)
fire, awesome, thin, air up in there
b)
Air pockets, too much clay, solid clay, too dry
c)
Too dry, on point, too sharp, air pockets
d)
too thin, too thick, too wet, air pockets or bubbles
33.
The process of removing air bubbles from clay
a)
Popping
b)
Decompressing
c)
Wedging
d)
Stretching
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