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WorksheetsClay Sculpture - Pretest
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
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 stage of clay is very liquidy and glue-like?
wet clay
slip
leatherhard
greenware
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
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.
Wedging is a method of kneading clay to get rid of __________ in the clay
clay
air pockets
grogs
water
Besides getting rid of air pockets in clay, what is another reason for wedging?
for extra workout
to look cool
eliminate air
make the clay homogenous
What does it mean to make the clay homogenous?
clay is nice and even
there are no contaminants in clay
clay has same amount of moisture
they are all true!
What's important when wedging?
Use rhythmic even pressure
Keep the clay rotating in a pattern
Make the ram's head with head and spirals showing
They are all important!
What stage of clay do we wedge and hand build with clay?
Greenware
Plastic
Leather hard
Stainware
Glazeware
Clay can be recycled when it is in these stages...
Slip, Plastic, Leatherhard, Greenware
Slip, Plastic, Leatherhard, Greenware, Bisqueware
Slip, Plastic and Glazeware
None
Sculpture technique that involves carving or adding to a solid background of the same material
In the round sculpture
Relief sculpture
Sculpture that is completely three-dimensional and is not attached to a flat background
In the round sculpture
Relief sculpture
Clay you can mold and model. Used for wheel throwing and hand building
Slip
Bisqueware
Plastic
Leather hard
Sculpture is
A 3 dimensional work of art, could be additive or subtractive
A 2 dimensional work of art, like works on paper
A clay piece that has been fired once
A type of stone used for carving
The process of adding materials is
additive
subtractive
The process of removing materials or carving
additive
subtractive
Art that has height, width and depth is called...
Painting
Drawing
Sculpture
Carving
When using clay, to keep it from drying out you need to.....
put it into an air tight plastic bag.
leave it out.
wrap it in paper towels.
put it in a paper bag.
What is the element Form?
is three-dimensional and encloses space. Like a shape, a form has length and width, but it also has depth.
an enclosed line.
A shape drawn with lines.
A flat shape.
What is proportion?
when two sides are equal.
an enclosed line.
a part considered in comparative relation to a whole, scale.
An arrangement of colors that an artist uses.
What is the difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional?
Two-dimensional is art that has height, width and depth and three-dimensional is art that has height and width with no depth.
Two-dimensional is art that is creative and three-dimensional is art that is not creative.
Two-dimensional is art that has lines and three-dimensional is art doesn't have lines.
Two-dimensional is art that has height and width with no depth and three-dimensional is art that has height, width and depth.
What does your table need before you get your clay?
newspaper
waterbottle
pencils
cloth
Where does clay come from?
the earth
old minerals
plant life
all of the above
A clay sculpture doesn't have to be hollow
True
False
How thick can a clay sculpture be?
thumb
pencil
foot
lego brick
What does it mean when the clay is at a plastic state?
It is too hard to bend or mould
It has got plastic in it
It is easy to mould or carve or shape
It has been fired
needle holes
needle holes
open
Identify the tool
Metal tool
Loop tool
Carver
Scoop tool
Identify the tool
Throwing wheel
Decorating disc
Banding wheel
Potter's wheel
Identify the tool
Oval shaper
Loop tool
Rib
Fid
Identify the tool
Smoothing tool
Wooden modeling tool
Blending stump
Wooden knife
A wooden modeling tool is used to
Model and blend clay
Score and slip
Center clay on the wheel
Write your name in the clay
A banding wheel is
A turntable that can be used for decorating, sculpting, carving and handbuilding ceramics.
A mechanical wheel that can be used to throw ceramics artwork
A small wheel used to create patterns in clay
A rubber band used to seal off bags of clay
A tool made out of flattened metal ribbons with sharpened edges. Used mainly to trim leather hard clay.
Fettling knife
Loop tool
Scraper
Wire cutters
Tools used for cutting, piercing, incising, measuring depth, scoring, finishing fine details, and writing our names on our ceramic pieces.
Modeling tool
Inciser
Needle tool
Point tool
Used to smooth clay and are usually made of steel, wood or rubber. This tool is shaped like a bean.
Modeling tool
Oval tool
Rib
Rig
Used to cut off chunks of clay or to separate a thrown piece from a bat.
Loop tool
Ribbon tool
Wire cutters
Wire handles
