WorksheetsThe Great Pottery Throw down Episode One
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Where does the Great Pottery Showdown take place? (Hint: 4:32 min)
Royal College of Art
Inwood Pottery
Middleport Pottery
Wedgewood
The first challenge is
creating 3 vases
throwing 5 stacked kitchen bowls
throwing 5 mugs
creating slab plates
Why do they call it "throwing" on the wheel?
It's because the balls of clay are shaped like baseballs
It's because you have to throw the clay on the wheel to make it stick
It's an old English: "To Throw" which means to twist, to turn, to propel.
If you throw to thin on the wheel the walls can collapse.
True
False
What technique does Matthew use to add decoration to his bowls while working on the wheel?
painting with glaze
slip trailing
Slip drawing
When pulling a handle it is important to have
good proportions
fluidity
rhythm
all of the above
The earliest made pottery was made
47,000 years ago
27,000 years ago
17,000 years ago
12,000 years ago
Instead of painting transparent glaze on their bowls, they dip their bowls in glaze for a clear final coat.
True
False
Throwing off the hump
is done to mass produce pots.
is for only make one pot.
is done to make large pots.
The winner of the first throw down was
Nigel because of the way he decorated the base of his bowls
Sally Joe because her fine art painterly style and use of color.
Tom because the contrast between the bright colors and the dark clay.
Jane because her design straight line around bowls.
