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WorksheetsCeramic Terms
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 34mins
_________ is the clay’s ability to be maneuvered without breaking
Stretching
Elasticity
Coiling
Rolling
Ceramics is an art and the science of making things out of clay made permanent with a temperature of 1300°F
True
False
What is the oven called where clay is heated to make the clay permanent and strong?
Firing
Oven
Kiln
Fire
What is it called when heating a clay object in a kiln?
Firing
Heat up
Hot
Fire
_____________ is very strong and waterproof ceramics that were fired at a high temperature
Stoneware
Bisque
Bone-dry
Green-ware
___________ is unglazed clay that has been fired in the kiln at a low temperature so it is ready to be glazed
Stoneware
Bisque
Bone-dry
Greenware
__________ is a glass coat on a ceramic body applied to bisque fired clay.
Paint
Ceramics
Glaze
Slip
What are the 7 stages of clay?
Slip, workable, leatherhard, dry, bisqueware, bonedry, and glazed
Dry, workable, leatherhard, slip, bisqueware, bonedry, and glazed
Slip, workable, leatherhard, bisqueware, dry, bonedry, and glazed
Dry, slip, workable, leatherhard, bonedry, bisqueware, and glazed
_________ is the clay that is completely dry and ready to be put in the kiln
Stoneware
Leatherhard
Bone-dry
Greenware
__________ is partially dry clay that can still be carved but cannot be bent
Stoneware
Leatherhard
Bone-dry
Greenware
__________ is dry, unfired clay that is very fragile, it’s a lighter color then when you have fresh clay
Stoneware
Bisque
Bone-dry
Greenware
A pottery wheel is a machine that spins a horizontal disk used to create cylindrical vessels.
True
False
What is a slab?
A ball of clay
Clay in it's container
A flat piece of clay
Rectangle pieces of clay
____________ is very watery clay that is applied to scoring to hold separate parts together
Scoring
Mud
Slab
Slip
___________ is putting small cuts in clay in order to hold pieces together
Scoring
Coil
Slab
Slip
_________ is making an object out of stacked clay ropes
Scoring
Coiling
Slab
Pinching
___________ is making a vessel by squeezing the clay
Scoring
Coiling
Slab
Pinching
