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WorksheetsCeramics Vocabulary
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The specific mixture of clay types, fillers, and additives that make up the 3 types of clay: Earthenware, Stoneware, and Porcelain
a)
Clay body
b)
Bisque Fired
c)
Wheel Throwing
d)
Kiln
2.
A low-fire, fine grained clay that is usually brown, orange, or red due to the minerals in the clay. Fires at Cone 06-04.
a)
Earthenware
b)
Bone Dry
c)
Wedging
d)
Slip
3.
A mid-fire, coarse grained clay body that is usually off white to grey to light brown. Harder than earthenware, it fires at cone 5-6.
a)
Stoneware
b)
Centering
c)
Greenware
d)
Pyrometric Cones
4.
A thin mixture of powdered glass, fluxes, and aluminum oxide that, when fired, creates a thin glassy layer. Used to color and seal pottery.
a)
Glaze
b)
Clay body
c)
Slip
d)
Wedging
5.
A specialized oven used to fire a clay body, vitrifying the clay so it becomes insoluble.
a)
Kiln
b)
Coil Building
c)
Slab Building
d)
Clay body
6.
An equal mixture of 50% clay and 50% waterthat is used to decorate pottery or "glue" plastic or leather hard clay parts together.
a)
Slip
b)
Coning
c)
Score
d)
Earthenware
7.
Small, cone shaped pieces of clay that are designed to melt at specific temperatures to indicate the end of firing.
a)
Pyrometric Cones
b)
Earthenware
c)
Bisque
d)
Stoneware
8.
A method of kneading the clay body to make it homogenous and remove air pockets and water.
a)
Wedging
b)
Firing
c)
Plastic Stage
d)
Glaze
9.
Making small scratches in the surfaces of two clay pieces in order to attach them with slip.
a)
Score
b)
Glaze
c)
Leather Hard
d)
Centering
10.
A method of creating a form by attaching ropes of clay on top of one another.
a)
Coil Building
b)
Glaze Fired
c)
Kiln
d)
Coning
11.
A method of creating a form by attaching flat pieces of clay (slabs).
a)
Slab Building
b)
Greenware
c)
Wheel Throwing
d)
Firing
12.
A method of creating a form by using centrifugal force on a potters wheel.
a)
Wheel Throwing
b)
Kiln
c)
Glaze Fired
d)
Plastic Stage
13.
Moving the clay body on a potter's wheel into a symmetrical rotating axis in the center of the wheel to prepare for throwing.
a)
Centering
b)
Leather Hard
c)
Glaze
d)
Score
14.
A method of compressing and stretching the clay on the potters wheel to prepare for throwing (after centering).
a)
Coning
b)
Plastic Stage
c)
Firing
d)
Coil Building
15.
Using a kiln to heat the clay to vitrification.
a)
Firing
b)
Pyrometric Cones
c)
Earthenware
d)
Slab Building
16.
The stage when the clay body is 25% water and is maleable without cracking.
a)
Plastic Stage
b)
Score
c)
Coning
d)
Wheel Throwing
17.
The stage when the clay body is damp and cool to the touch but can no longer be molded. Pieces are easily attached with slip.
a)
Leather Hard
b)
Slab Building
c)
Coil Building
d)
Centering
18.
The stage when the clay body is 2% water. Clay is hardened and lighter in color but very brittle.
a)
Bone Dry
b)
Slip
c)
Clay body
d)
Coning
19.
The stage when the clay body is completely dry and ready to be bisque fired.
a)
Greenware
b)
Stoneware
c)
Centering
d)
Firing
20.
The stage when clay has been through the initial firing without glaze.
a)
Bisque Fired
b)
Wedging
c)
Bone Dry
d)
Greenware
21.
The stage when the clay body has been bique fired then glaze has been applied and fired again.
a)
Glaze Fired
b)
Wheel Throwing
c)
Bisque Fired
d)
Bone Dry
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