Stages of Clay
Building Methods
True or false
Clean up Jobs
MISC
100
The final stage of clay?
Glazeware
100
Clay building skill that uses just your fingertips.
PINCH
100
We will only be making functional pieces this school year?
False
100
What will you be using to clean both the tables and the sink?
a sponge
100
kneading the clay to remove air pockets and harden th clay is called ?
Wedging
200
What stage of clay is porous and you apply glaze to?
Bisqueware
200
Rolling the clay into a snake or rope like shape
Coil
200
The stage of clay that is ready to be fired is bisqueware
FALSE GREENWARE
200
Describe what you for for glaze and tools.
Organize the tool drawer and put away any random tool that was left out by accident by a classmate. When glazing make sure the glaze bottles have lids on tightly and that they are put away in the correct drawer. Organize the brushes.
200
Describe what clay is.
Clay is a natural material made of tiny particles of rock and minerals that become soft and malleable when mixed with water.
300
What is the stage of clay we will be doing most of our building in?
Leatherhard
300
What is the act of using the wheel Called?
Throwing
300
The kiln temperature reaches 2000 degrees?
FALSE
300
What is the name of the job that requires you to collect large chunks of clay from around the room?
How many times in total will the bag of clay be slammed down?
Clay and slip
40 times. 10 times per student
300
List ONE rule of the ceramics room and describe why it is important.
- no throwing clay
- backpacks in the back
- no going in the kiln room
400
What stage of clay do you apply underglaze to?
leatherhard
400
What materials do you need to roll out a slab?
2 _____ and a ______ ____
slats and rolling pin
400
You turn in your projects when they are in the greenware stage?
False Leatherhard
400
Describe what you do for for wedging tables in detail from start to finish. Which tables? What do you do with extra clay? where do canvas boards go?
Use a wedging scraping tool to scrape off the board at your tabletop and then help scrape the back wedging tables. Throw away any scraped clay into the trash. Make sure to put the canvas board underneath the table when completed.
400
What is the glue used to attach two pieces of clay called? How do you make it ?
slip. water down the clay with a tool ( pin tool or fork )
500
List all 5 stages of clay in order.
Plastic, leatherhard, greenware (bone dry), bisqueware, glazeware
500
Name 3 (possible) skills that this person used to make different parts of this mug.Handle? Cup? skirt? hat? arms? legs?
handle - Coil
Body- Pinch or Wheel throw or slab
Hat - Pinch
Skirt - Slab
hair - coil
500
The surface of which you are throwing is called the wheel face.
False wheel head
500
Hypothetically theres only one table doing the clean up jobs. what order would you do it which would make the most sense?
Wedging tables, tables, sinks, clay and slip, glaze + tools
glaze and tools, clay and slip, wedging tables, tables, sinks
OR
Clay and slip, glaze and tools, wedging tables, tables, sinks
500
Where did I go to college and what was my degree?
Kean University
Art Education