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Clay Skills

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This form of clay acts as a "glue" to connect pieces of pottery together while handbuilding. 

a)

A. Slip

b)

B. Scoring

c)

C. Greenware

d)

D. Bisque

2.

This refers to a method of joining two pieces of clay together.

a)

A. Hand Building

b)

B. Wax Resist

c)

C. Score and Slip

d)

D. Glue and Paste

3.

5. 

This is a method of handbuilding in which the clay is shaped by manipulating it between your fingers or the palms of your hands.

a)

A. Slab Construction

b)

B. Pinching

c)

C. Coil Construction

d)

D. Form Construction

4.

The term for ceramic ware that has not yet been fired.

a)

A. Raw Ware

b)

B. Greenware

c)

C. Bisque ware

d)

D. Dried

5.

This is the process of heating the pottery to a specific temperature in order to bring about a particular change in the clay or the surface.

a)

A. Roasting

b)

B. Baking

c)

C. Firing

d)

D. Cooking

6.

What is the building process in clay that involves rolling out a flat piece of clay to an even thickness, and cutting it to the size needed.

a)

A. Slab Construction

b)

B. Pinching

c)

C. Coil Construction

d)

D. Form Building

7.

The process of "kneading" the clay to an even consistency and pushing out air bubbles is called.....

a)

A. Wedging

b)

B. Pushing

c)

C. Rolling

d)

D. Scoring

8.

The "oven" that the clay is "baked" in is called a ....

a)

A. Cooker

b)

B. Furnace

c)

C. Kiln

d)

D. Burner

9.

What can happen when pottery is fired, if it is not completely dry?

a)

A. It will be fine. It will dry as it fires.

b)

B. It will melt.

c)

C. It will explode.

d)

D. It will leave small pits all over it.

10.

Why is it a bad idea to add a new piece of clay to your pottery without scoring and slipping?

a)

A. It will come off when it dries.

b)

B. It will explode in the kiln.

c)

C. Everything below it will break

d)

D. It will look really bad.

11.

After the clay has been fired once, it is in what stage of pottery.....

a)

A. Greenware

b)

B. Bisqueware

c)

C. Ceramics

d)

D. Completed

12.

At what point do you glaze a ceramic artwork?

a)

Before it goes in the kiln.

b)

After you wedge the clay.

c)

After the clay has been fired in the kiln.

13.

At this stage, all of the physical water is gone from the clay but it hasn't been fired yet

a)

Leather Hard

b)

Bone Dry

c)

Glazeware

d)

Bisqueware

14.
Name that STAGE!
a)
Greenware
b)
Bisqueware
c)
Glazeware
15.

A hand building technique in which clay is rolled into a long piece.

a)

Snake

b)

Coils

c)

Pinch Pot

d)

Slab

16.

refers to the process of scratching tiny criss-cross lines on the clay surface in order to join clay pieces together.

a)

Bone- Dry

b)

Score

c)

Slip

d)

Coils

17.

How do you know your work is dry enough to go in the kiln?

a)

Work is still wet

b)

It's a light color

c)

It's cool to the touch

d)

It's not cool to the touch

18.

True or False, All pottery is food safe

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False, glazes mix just like paint

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True of False, all glazes can be fired to the same temperature

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What happens to clay if it is fired at the wrong temperature?

a)

It Melts

b)

It doesn't completely harden

c)

Nothing happens

d)

It explodes