General Clay Questions
This is clay that has been formed into a even flat piece
What is a slab?
This is the stage that is the best for carving clay
What is leather hard?
This is a long snake made of clay
What is a coil?
The process used to remove air bubbles from clay
What is wedging?
These are the three main ceramic hand building techniques?
What is pinch, slab, and coil?
The "paint" made of colorants and glass used to finish ceramic pieces.
What is glaze?
This is a very watery version of clay that is used for patching, smoothing, and attaching pieces of clay.
What is slip?
This term refers to vessels made of clay
What is pottery?
This is the change that happens to the size of clay as it dries
What is shrinkage?
These are the reasons your clay may explode during firing
What are air bubbles and too wet clay?
This is the special material that lines the walls of the kiln and can withstand the high temperatures of firing
What is kiln brick?
This is the stage of unfired clay where it is the MOST fragile.
What is bone dry?
This is the first continent where we saw pottery made
What is Asia?
This is the process of re-soaking dry clay, then letting it dry out again to become useable clay.
What is reclaiming or recycling?
This is the maximum thickness that is acceptable with our clay projects
What is a finger width or about half an inch?
These are the types of kilns we have at Larkin
What are electric and gas kilns?
This what we call clay that is easily moldable and ready to work with
What is plastic?
This long gone land feature is the reason Illinois has so much clay in it's soil
What are wetlands?
These are the three types of clay
What is stoneware, porcelain, and earthenware?
If you want to create a solid-looking shape, you need to make sure to have this to let air escape.
What is a vent or hole?
This is the process and materials we can use to slowly rehydrate clay that is too dry to work with
What is wrapping in wet paper towels?