Tools
Stages of Clay
Hand Building
Wheel Throwing/Glazing
Elements of Art
100
This tool is used to smooth surfaces or compress clay
What is a rib tool?
100
This is the stage of clay that you use to make your projects.
What is plastic?
100
This is how you attach 2 pieces of clay
What is score and slip?
100
What shape do you put your clay in before putting it on the wheel?
What is a sphere/ball?
100
Red, Blue and Yellow are
What are the primary colors?
200
What is a loop tool?
200
This is the stage of clay when it comes out of the kiln for the first time.
What is bisqueware?
200
What is a pinch pot?
200
How many coats of glaze should you put on your ceramic piece?
What is 3 coats of glaze?
200
Shapes that have names and used in math class
What are geometric shapes?
300
This tool is used to score pieces of clay.
What is a fork?
300
Liquid Clay
What is slip?
300
A rolled out snake of clay
What is a coil?
300
You should make this shape with your hands when pulling up the walls of your pot of the potter's wheel.
What is a claw?
300
Shapes that are made up or found in nature
What are organic shapes?
400
This tool can be used as an extension of of your finger to reach into small areas and smooth out or add textures.
What is a modeling tool?
400
This stage of clay is best for carving.
What is leatherhard?
400
This tool can be used to make these
What is a slab?
400
What part of your ceramic piece should you not glaze?
What is the bottom?
400
Using opposite elements together
What is contrast?
500
This tool is used to carve or hallow out big pieces of clay.
What is a loop tool?
500
Clay is most fragile in this stage of clay
What is bone dry?
500
To make a hallow sphere of clay you can attach 2 of these together
What is a pinch pot?
500
You must do this to your clay before building a pot if you want even walls and a successful pot on the wheel.
What is centering clay?
500
Repeating elements such as a pattern
What is repetition?