General Art Questions
Ceramic Materials
Ceramic Techniques
Ceramics Tools
Ceramic Potpurri
100
The surface quality of an object, such as rough or smooth.
What is texture?
100
A mixture of water, ground stone, minerals, "dirt", and glass.
What is clay?
100
The process used to attach two pieces of clay.
What is slipping and scoring?
100
This is the "oven" used to "bake" the clay.
What is a kiln?
100

This is the first step when creating a pot on the clay wheel.

What is centering?

200
Green, Orange, and Purple are known as these.
What are secondary colors?
200

This is a very watery version of clay that is used for filling cracks, smoothing, and attaching pieces of clay.

What is slip?

200

A process of scratching a design through the surface to reveal the color underneath.

What is sgraffito?

200

This tool is used to slice pieces of clay off from a larger chunk 

What is a wire tool or cutting wire?

200
When you "cook" clay in the kiln, it is called this.
What is firing/to fire?
300

This is a pattern or guide that you can use to trace and make the same shape many times.

What is a template?

300

In general, these are the best/ most accessible tools to use with clay.

What are your hands?

300

The three main clay construction methods.

What are pinch pot, slab, and coil?

300

Projects are put on these in the kiln so that they do not stick to the kiln shelves.

What is are stilts?

300
Fired clay is referred to as this.
What is bisqueware?
400
This is an image or picture that has a specific meaning attached to it.
What is a symbol?
400
This is the special ceramic material that keeps the heat inside the kiln. It is designed to withstand very high temperatures.
What is firebrick?
400

A process of repairing broken ceramics with epoxy and gold paint.

What is kintsugi?

400

This is the special kind of thermometer used in kilns. It is made specially to measure very high temperatures.

What is a pyrometer?

400
This is the stage of unfired clay where it is the MOST fragile.
What is bone-dry?
500

Who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper?

Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

500
The "paint" made of colorants and glass used to finish ceramic pieces.
What is glaze?
500

If you want to create an enclosed, solid-looking sculpture, your clay piece needs to follow two rules.

What is having a vent and being hollow?

500

This machine is used to remix old clay, then extruding it in a long coil that gets cut into pieces.

What is a pug mill?

500

The general reason why clay vessels will blow up in the kiln.

What is trapped moisture?

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