Clay Characteristics
A wet form of clay that is used as pottery glue
What is slip?
What is bone dry clay?
clay that has been fired once
What is bisqueware?
the machine that fires the clay
What is a kiln?
stage of clay that is soft and workable
What is plastic?
very brittle clay
What is bone dry clay?
clay that has glazed and fired
What is glazeware?
What can happen if you put wet clay in the kiln?
It will explode
What is slip?
clay that is somewhat dry, not easily moldable good for carving
What is leatherhard clay?
True or False
Glazeware has been fired in the kiln
True
what stage does clay HAVE to be before putting into the kiln?
What is bonedry?
the four techniques used to attach two pieces of clay together
What is Score (scratch), Slip, Squish, and Smooth.
the best stage to transport pottery
After which stage is it to late to go back to greenware
bisque
True or False
Ceramics can be done in a home oven.
False
what stages can we use slip & score
What is plastic and leather hard?
slip, plastic, leatherhard, and bonedry clay
What is greenware clay?
True or False
You can slip and score broken bisqueware back together
False
when clay become waterproof
What is vitrification?