Misc.
Wheel Throwing
Handbuilding
Tools/Machines
Stages of Clay
100
This refers to the surface quality of a piece of pottery.
What is texture.
100
This step in the wheel throwing process is the hardest and most important.
What is centering.
100
Clay is made up of
What is minerals and soil (organic material)
100
This tool allows you to check the thickness of your walls of a clay built piece as well as put your name and period into the bottom of your piece.
What is a needle tool.
100
This consistency of clay allows you to add texture when hand building and trim when wheel throwing.
What is leather hard
200
The expected result if the clay is too wet or damp and fired.
What is it explodes.
200
Where should your elbows remain when throwing on the wheel?
Secured to your sides
200
This tool is used to cut clay from the block.
What is a wire tool.
200
Ribs are categorized into 2 types, they are ____________ & ____________.
What are smooth and serrated.
200
This is what clay is called after it's completely dry, before its been fired in the kiln.
What is bone dry.
300
A small turntable on which clay can be formed or decorated.
What is banding wheel
300
This tool must be put on the wheel before you start to throw so that your hands do not get cut from the screws.
What is a bat.
300
For all of your handbuilt projects this semester, what is the standard thickness
What is no bigger than your pointer finger and no thinner than your pinkly (1/2 inch)
300
When wedging your clay, you should do so on the ___________ _______________.
What is plaster table.
300
Before putting two pieces of clay together, you need to __________ & ___________
What is slip & score.
400
Two cultures that we studied this semester in order to create 2 different projects
What is Japanese and Greek.
400
You need to do this with ALL pugged clay before throwing on the wheel.
What is wedging.
400
You put these on each piece of clay before it goes on the To Be Bisqued shelf.
What are your name and period.
400
This machine was crucial to building your mugs at the end of the semester.
What is a slab roller.
400
This is what clay is called after its been fired in the kiln and before its been glazed.
What is bisqueware.
500
The 5 “body parts” of a Greek pot.
What is Lip, Neck, Shoulder, Body, Foot
500
You need to remember this speed with your hands when throwing on the wheel.
What is slow hands on, slow hands off.
500
These 3 techniques were covered this semester for handbuilding
What is pinching, coiling, and slab building.
500
This tool allows you to hollow out the inner part of a clay piece. Hollowing out a clay piece prevents the piece from _____________ in the kiln.
What is a loop tool and exploding.
500
How do you spell the machine where clay is fired?
What is KILN
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