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WorksheetsBonfire Ceramics part 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Kneading clay to remove air bubbles
waxing
waning
wedging
weeping
Evenly rolled out sheet of clay
slab
block
tile
mass
Evenly rolled out snake of clay, a common method of hand-building
slab
playdoh fun
noodle
coil
Score
Sports points
rough or scratch clays surface
You never score and slip
Welding the seams together is
working the joins with a clay tool
Scoring and slipping and reinforcing the seams
I don't normally use the term welding with clay but there it is
All the answers are correct
Partially hardened clay, 50% air dried
greenware
leatherhard
bisqueware
glazeware
unfired, fragile clay project, 100% air dried
greenware
leatherhard
bisqueware
glazeware
the machine your project is fired in, fires over 1200 degrees
oven
furnace
kiln
sun
Soft moldable clay may be described as
plastic
messy
play doh
Leatherhard clay may be burnished. What is burnishing?
impressing patterns
polishing
etching lines
What happens when the greenware is bisqued?
all water is removed from clay
it becomes more durable
clay molecules join together
all of the above
What did Maria Martinez do to fire her pottery?
pit fire
fired in kiln
fired in oven
the bonfire firing method can be likened to
a science experiment
a homecoming tradition
a modified version of a pit fire
Raku clay has ground prefired clay particles mixed in to strengthen the clay body for risky firing. What is this added ingredient called:
grog
gruel
growl
grit
Raku clay has ground prefired clay particles mixed in to strengthen the clay body for risky firing. What is this added ingredient called:
grog
gruel
growl
grit
