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Bonfire Ceramics part 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Kneading clay to remove air bubbles

a)

waxing

b)

waning

c)

wedging

d)

weeping

2.

Evenly rolled out sheet of clay

a)

slab

b)

block

c)

tile

d)

mass

3.

Evenly rolled out snake of clay, a common method of hand-building

a)

slab

b)

playdoh fun

c)

noodle

d)

coil

4.

Score

a)

Sports points

b)

rough or scratch clays surface

c)

You never score and slip

5.

Welding the seams together is

a)

working the joins with a clay tool

b)

Scoring and slipping and reinforcing the seams

c)

I don't normally use the term welding with clay but there it is

d)

All the answers are correct

6.

Partially hardened clay, 50% air dried

a)

greenware

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisqueware

d)

glazeware

7.

unfired, fragile clay project, 100% air dried

a)

greenware

b)

leatherhard

c)

bisqueware

d)

glazeware

8.

the machine your project is fired in, fires over 1200 degrees

a)

oven

b)

furnace

c)

kiln

d)

sun

9.

Soft moldable clay may be described as

a)

plastic

b)

messy

c)

play doh

10.

Leatherhard clay may be burnished. What is burnishing?

a)

impressing patterns

b)

polishing

c)

etching lines

11.

What happens when the greenware is bisqued?

a)

all water is removed from clay

b)

it becomes more durable

c)

clay molecules join together

d)

all of the above

12.

What did Maria Martinez do to fire her pottery?

a)

pit fire

b)

fired in kiln

c)

fired in oven

13.

the bonfire firing method can be likened to

a)

a science experiment

b)

a homecoming tradition

c)

a modified version of a pit fire

14.

Raku clay has ground prefired clay particles mixed in to strengthen the clay body for risky firing. What is this added ingredient called:

a)

grog

b)

gruel

c)

growl

d)

grit

15.

Raku clay has ground prefired clay particles mixed in to strengthen the clay body for risky firing. What is this added ingredient called:

a)

grog

b)

gruel

c)

growl

d)

grit