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Stages of Clay

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is slip?

a)

Clay and water; the "glue" that connects two pieces of clay

b)

A verb! Like sliding or skidding

c)

The final stage in ceramics. I can take slip home!

d)

Scratching the clay to create more surface area

2.

What are the six stages of clay (in order)?

a)

Wet, Slip, Leatherhard, Bisqueware, Glazeware, Bone Dry

b)

Slip, Wet, Leatherhard, Bone Dry, Bisqueware, Glazeware

c)

Leatherhard, Wet, Slip, Bone Dry, Bisqueware, Glazeware

d)

Glazeware, Slip, Bone Dry, Wet, Bisqueware, Leatherhard

3.

At what stages of clay can two pieces be connected together still?

a)

Slip, Wet, Leather Hard, and Bone Dry

b)

All six stages!

c)

Wet and Leatherhard

d)

Slip, Wet, Leather Hard

4.

At this stage, all of the physical water is gone from the clay...

a)

Leather Hard

b)

Bone Dry

c)

Glazeware

d)

Bisqueware

5.

How many times has glazeware been fired?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

0

d)

3

6.

What Stage is this?!

a)

Glazeware

b)

Bisqueware

c)

Leather Hard

d)

Slip

7.

What stage of clay should we use to throw on the wheel?

a)

Leather Hard

b)

Bone Dry

c)

Wet

d)

Slip

8.

What stage is best for carving and cutting in to?

a)

Wet

b)

Bone Dry

c)

Slip

d)

Leather Hard

9.

What is clay called before its first firing?

a)

Bisqueware

b)

Greenware

c)

Bone Dry

d)

Wet

10.

Clay can be recycled when it's at these stages...

a)

Slip and wet

b)

Slip, Wet, Leather hard, bone dry

c)

Slip, Leather hard, Bone Dry, Wet, Bisqued

d)

Wet, Leather Hard, Bisqueware