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WorksheetsClay Skills
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
This form of clay acts as a "glue" to connect pieces of pottery together while handbuilding.
A. Slip
B. Scoring
C. Greenware
D. Bisque
This refers to a method of joining two pieces of clay together.
A. Hand Building
B. Wax Resist
C. Score and Slip
D. Glue and Paste
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. Slab Construction
B. Pinching
C. Coil Construction
D. Form Construction
The term for ceramic ware that has not yet been fired.
A. Raw Ware
B. Greenware
C. Bisque ware
D. Dried
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. Roasting
B. Baking
C. Firing
D. Cooking
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. Slab Construction
B. Pinching
C. Coil Construction
D. Form Building
The process of "kneading" the clay to an even consistency and pushing out air bubbles is called.....
A. Wedging
B. Pushing
C. Rolling
D. Scoring
The "oven" that the clay is "baked" in is called a ....
A. Cooker
B. Furnace
C. Kiln
D. Burner
What can happen when pottery is fired, if it is not completely dry?
A. It will be fine. It will dry as it fires.
B. It will melt.
C. It will explode.
D. It will leave small pits all over it.
Why is it a bad idea to add a new piece of clay to your pottery without scoring and slipping?
A. It will come off when it dries.
B. It will explode in the kiln.
C. Everything below it will break
D. It will look really bad.
After the clay has been fired once, it is in what stage of pottery.....
A. Greenware
B. Bisqueware
C. Ceramics
D. Completed
At what point do you glaze a ceramic artwork?
Before it goes in the kiln.
After you wedge the clay.
After the clay has been fired in the kiln.
At this stage, all of the physical water is gone from the clay but it hasn't been fired yet
Leather Hard
Bone Dry
Glazeware
Bisqueware
A hand building technique in which clay is rolled into a long piece.
Snake
Coils
Pinch Pot
Slab
refers to the process of scratching tiny criss-cross lines on the clay surface in order to join clay pieces together.
Bone- Dry
Score
Slip
Coils
How do you know your work is dry enough to go in the kiln?
Work is still wet
It's a light color
It's cool to the touch
It's not cool to the touch
True or False, All pottery is food safe
True
False
True or False, glazes mix just like paint
True
False
True of False, all glazes can be fired to the same temperature
True
False
What happens to clay if it is fired at the wrong temperature?
It Melts
It doesn't completely harden
Nothing happens
It explodes
