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WorksheetsPottery Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 27mins
A decomposed granite type rock with plastic like consistency.
glaze
marble
balsa foam
clay
Stage one of clay is a mixture of clay and water. It has a consistency of pudding. This stage is called:
Glazeware
Bisque
Bonedry
Slip
During stage 2 of clay, you are able to mold and work the clay into the shape that's desired
Wet/Plastic
Slip
Leather hard
Greenware
The condition of clay when most of the moisture has left the body, but it still holds its form and is ideal to carve into. This is stage 3 of clay.
bone-dry
leatherhard
bisqueware
coiling
What is the condition of the clay when all of the moisture has left the body? This is stage 4 of clay.
bisque fire
bone-dry/greenware
leatherhard
sand
This is the first firing to harden the clay. It's also the fifth stage of clay
glazeware
slip
bisque
bonedry
This pot would be considered what? (stage 6 of clay)
glazeware
bisqueware
slip
leatherhard
What technique is this potter using when creating this bowl?
coiling
throwing
pinching
slab
A method of forming pottery with ropes of clay
coil
slip
bisque
pinch
Which method of building did this artist use?
coil
throw
pinch
slab
This technique of make pottery is done on the potter's wheel
Pinching
Throwing
Slab
Coiling
What technique is this artist using?
coiling
scoring
stenciling
glazing
What is this artist doing?
painting
adding slip to join two pieces
preparing for bisque fire
carving away bad clay
When you join two pieces of clay together you must do this:
press the clay firmly together
score and use slip on the two pieces that you are joining.
hold the two pieces together for 2 minutes.
let the two pieces dry and then attach them.
Why is it necessary to knead or wedge clay?
make it soft
get air bubbles out
to trap moisture inside
easier to add slip
A furnace for firing ceramic products
oven
firepit
kiln
microwave
What is glaze made of?
Paint and water
Colored clay in water
Glass particles in a liquid emulsion
When building our clay rattles in 6th grade, what technique did we use?
Pinching
Throwing
Coiling
Slab
