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WorksheetsCeramics vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
An insulated box which is heated to fire pottery and clay sculpture
scrapers
firing
kiln
easybake oven
A term applied to the first firing before glazing
bone dry
bisque
banana pancakes
plastic
The process which changes clay into ceramic
scoring
greenware
firing
kiln
Made mostly of colored pigment and binders to keep it suspended as a liquid and can be applied to greenware
underblaze
colored slip
underdog
underglaze
How many times your project get fired in the kiln?
once
Twice
Thrice
As many times as needed
What technique is used to create this bowl
Slabbing Techinque
Pinching Technique
Coiling Technique
Blended Technique
What is glaze made of?
Paint and water
Colored clay in water
Glass particles in a liquid emulsion
A piece must be completely dry before it is fired.
True
False
What do you call the scratches you make on the clay before joining pieces of clay together?
Scarring
Scratches
Score
Bruising
When speaking of clay, we refer to five basic stages of clay. They are:
Greenware, bisque, leather hard, plastic, glaze ware
Slip, greenware, bisque, wedged, plastic
Wet, leather hard, bone dry, glaze ware, fired
Fresh, stale, dry, almost dry, fired
A stage in the drying process of clay when the clay is pliable but strong enough to handle
greenware
leather hard
bisqueware
ceramic
A decomposed granite type rock with plastic like consistency.
glaze
marble
balsa foam
clay
Unfired pottery
bisqueware
greenware
bone dry
ceramic
A stage in the drying process of clay when the clay is pliable but strong enough to handle
greenware
leather hard
bisqueware
ceramic
What is the thickness that is recommended in your pottery?
1 inch thick
2 inches thick
1/2 inch thick
1/4 inch thick
The properties of clay that allow it to to be easily shaped and manipulated
slippery
plasticity
earthenware
greenware
This tool is used most often to do what in class?
Poke the clay to make tiny holes
Write on the clay
Cut the clay
Smooth very hard to reach joints
A fluid mixture of clay and water
slide
slurp
score
slip
