WorksheetsBasic Ceramics Terms: Group One
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Manipulating clay with your fingers in your palm to hollow a shape:
Slab
Coil
Pinch
Throwing
A natural material extracted from earth's crust, made of alumina + silica + water:
Clay
Ceramics
Earthenware
Stoneware
HIGH fire, holds water without glazing...
slab
Porcelain
Earthenware
Stoneware
Creating a form utilizing flat pieces of clay
Pinch
Slab
Coil
Throw
Creation of an object out of clay:
Ceramics
clay
Sculpture
Slip
Fires at low temperature, is pourous and chips easily.
Red or White usually...
Basic clay
Porcelain
Stoneware
Earthenware
VERY high firing clay, WHITE when fired. Difficult to work with...
Stoneware
Porcelain
Earthware
dollware
Creating a form with long, rope shaped pieces of clay...
Throw
Pinch
Slab
Coil
Creating ceramic shapes on the potter's wheel...
Pinch
Coil
Throwing
Slab
Using a plaster mold to create a form. Commercial...
Coil
Slip Casting
Pinch
Throw
