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Clay Slab Box Construction & Care

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You ______________ clay to get the air bubbles out.

a)

Caesar

b)

Wedge

c)

Chop

d)

Garden

2.

Explain the steps of storing unfinished clay projects:

4 lines
3.
In what stage is the clay the most fragile?
a)
Bone Dry / Greenware
b)
Slip
c)
Bisqueware
d)
Leatherhard
4.

.....the "glue" of the pottery world.....

a)

Slip

b)

Plastic

c)

Slick

d)

Mud

5.
What do we call pottery that has been fired once?
a)
Bone Dry / Greenware
b)
Glazeware
c)
Bisqueware
d)
Leatherhard
6.
Name that TECHNIQUE!
a)
Slat
b)
Slab
c)
Coil
d)
Wedging
7.
At what stage is it best to carve designs and cut the clay?
a)
Bone Dry / Greenware
b)
Plastic
c)
Leatherhard
d)
Bisqueware
8.

Clay can be recycled when it is in these stages...

a)

Slip, Plastic, Leatherhard, Greenware

b)

Slip, Plastic, Leatherhard, Greenware, Bisqueware

c)

Slip, Plastic and Glazeware

d)

None

9.
If clay that is drying is cool to the touch it is.....
a)
Still wet
b)
Finished drying
10.
In what stage is the clay the most fragile?
a)
Bone Dry / Greenware
b)
Slip
c)
Bisqueware
d)
Leatherhard
11.

The roughening of the surface of wet clay in order to attach another piece of wet clay

a)

coiling

b)

slipping

c)

slab

d)

scoring

12.

The process which changes clay into ceramic

a)

scoring

b)

greenware

c)

firing

d)

kiln

13.

An insulated box which is heated to fire pottery and clay sculpture

a)

scrapers

b)

firing

c)

kiln

d)

easybake oven

14.

Clay that has been changed from a lump into a flat piece

a)

slab

b)

slub

c)

slip

d)

slap

15.

How do you connect two pieces of clay?

a)

Just stick it together

b)

Slip and Score

c)

Smooth them together

d)

There is no point in putting clay together