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PINCH POT CONSTRUCTION & STAGES OF CLAY January 28, 2021

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any clay not fired is classified as...

a)

Greenware

b)

Stoneware

c)

Bisqueware

d)

Glazeware

2.

Clay is not considered ceramic until it has been...

a)

Hydrated

b)

Fired

c)

Pugged

d)

Glazed

3.

There are sequential steps in the making of a pinch pot with clay, the first of which is...

a)

Weighing your clay

b)

cleaning your table of debris or clay crumbs..

c)

Wedging your clay.

d)

Letting your clay dry to the leather hard stage.

4.

In making a pinch pot the second step according to the classroom teacher, is...

a)

Rolling out a consistent thick slab of clay.

b)

Eliminating air pockets from your clay.

c)

making a ball of clay.

d)

Using slip to join your clay pieces together.

5.

The third step, as cited in class, by the teacher, in making a pinch pot vaseis...

a)

fire your clay in a bisque fire.

b)

attach your clay pieces together using score and slip procedure.

c)

insert your thumb into a ball of clay.

d)

wedge your clay.

6.

As stated in class, the fourth step in making a pinch pot is...

a)

pinch a ball of clay between your thumb and fingers, forming an even, consistent thickness in the wall of the pot.

b)

wedge your clay to eliminate air pockets.

c)

let your clay dry to the leather-hard stage.

d)

put your clay in a plastic bag to keep it from drying out.

7.

As stated in, class, by the teacher, after the conclusion of the fourth step, in making a pinch pot is...

a)

clean up the area where you sit.

b)

stitch/weld your two pots together.

c)

There is no fourth step.

d)

monitor the leather-hard stages and trim your pot when appropriate to do so, in order to keep a smooth, clean surface, a level top, and a stable foot that will not wobble.

8.

The potter in the video, "Hand Building a Bottle Neck Vase, made the bottle neck...

a)

by rolling a flat slab of clay around a tool's handle.

b)

pushing a pencil through a roll of clay and rolling it on the on the table to make a hollow tube.

c)

by using a clay extruder.

d)

by using a bottleneck mold.

9.

The potter, in the video, "Making A Bottle Neck Vase:, cut an opening for the neck,...

a)

outside the mark, she made on the top of her pinch pots.

b)

inside the mark, she made on the top of her pinch pots.

c)

that the neck would drop through from the top.

d)

with a hold maker.

10.

Both potters used the same tool for joining the pinch pots together, joining the two pots together, and cleaning the surface of the joined pots; What was that tool?

a)

Credit card

b)

Putty knife

c)

potter's rib.

d)

Trim boool.

11.

The stages of clay illustrate how the characteristics of clay change as...

a)

moisture evaporates from the clay body and dries out.

b)

you handle your clay.

c)

the clay is exposed to the open air.

d)

All the above.

12.

Note the order of the stages of clay as observed in the article you read, January 28, 2021, Thursday. Which order is the series you read about in that article.

a)

dry clay, slip, plastic, leather-hard, bone dry, bisque ware, glaze ware, enjoying your creation.

b)

plastic, dry clay, bond dry, bisque ware, slip, glaze ware, enjoying your creation

c)

Bisque ware, dry clay, plastic, glaze ware,done dry, enjoying your creation.

d)

Enjoying your creation, bisque ware, glaze ware, plastic, dry clay, leather hard.

13.

The best time, when you can do the most to mold and shape your clay is what stage of clay?

a)

Plastic

b)

Slip

c)

Bone dry

d)

leather hard

14.

The stage of clay, when it is ready to fire is...

a)

Plastic

b)

Bone Dry

c)

leather hard

d)

Glaze ware

15.

Which stage of clay is the one where you decorate your surface with a thin coat of glass?

a)

Bond Dry

b)

Plastic.

c)

Bisque ware

d)

Glaze ware.

16.

The best stage of clay for trimming your pot, adding or cutting a foot?

a)

Slip

b)

Plastic

c)

Leather hard

d)

Bisque

17.

The stage of clay, where the project is completed is?

a)

Glaze ware

b)

Bisque ware

c)

Plastic

d)

Leather hard

18.

What stage of clay is when the clay has the least amount of moisture in it without being fired?

a)

Plastic

b)

Leather hard

c)

Bisque ware.

d)

Bone Dry

19.

What is the secret 8th stage of clay, according to the author of the article you read, Thursday, January 28, 2021?

a)

Giving your pottery work to someone who enjoys it.

b)

enjoying your creation.

c)

Selling your pottery to someone.

d)

All the above.

20.

What is the name of the potter in the video contained in the article, Stages of Clay?

a)

Marie

b)

Jane

c)

Waneta

d)

Nancy