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WorksheetsClay Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How do you connect two pieces of clay?
Just stick it together
Slip and Score
Smooth them together
There is no point in putting clay together
What are three basic techniques for forming clay?
glazing, drying, and decorating
forming, shaping, and molding
pinching, coiling, and slab building
What stage of clay is very liquidy and glue-like?
wet clay
slip
leatherhard
greenware
What stage of clay is best for molding?
slip
leatherhard
greenware
wet clay
What do you call clay that has started to dry, and can hold its own weight? This clay is still cold to the touch.
Wet clay
Leatherhard clay
bisqueware
greenware
Clay that is bone dry, but not yet fired is at what stage of clay?
Greenware
Leatherhard
Bisqueware
Wet clay
Clay that has been fired in the kiln is known as what?
Wet clay
Dry clay
Greenware
Bisqueware
The coil building method is when you
pinch and pull the clay to create something
make long, snake-like pieces of clay to build up a vessel or object
make slabs and piece them together
If your clay piece is fired before completely drying out, what will happen?
It will melt.
It will dry out in the kiln.
Nothing will happen.
It will explode.
The kiln reaches temperature up to how many degrees Fahrenheit?
100 - 200 degrees
500 - 1,000 degrees
1,800 - 2,400 degrees
5,000 - 6,000 degrees
