All about clay
Clay is just?? ______ ________ of ________
fine particles of dirt.
There are two main methods of working with clay... They are??
Wheel throwing and hand building.
A pottery _____ is used when throwing..
Wheel
The 4 colours of the medicine wheel that we'll use for glazing.
What is red, black, white and yellow.
If clay is not wedged or the walls of your structure are more than an inch thick it can...
Knead the clay like pizza dough to remove air bubbles.
The tool common to the ceramics studio and painting studio.
What is brushes (glazing, painting)?
The 5th glaze colour of indigenous significance that can be used for this project.
There are many applications for clay, art, pottery, health treatments and ________ .
Cooking/Crockery
"Scoring clay" is the act of?
Making a series of scratches on surfaces of clay that will be stuck together.
The tool(s) commonly used to score.
What are the pin and feathering tools?
Why is it so important to clean up leftover pieces of clay towards the end of class.
Dust from clay contains free silica, too fine and heavy to be expelled from the lungs.
There are 3 types of ceramic clay, earthenware, porcelain, and what you'll be using ________.
Stoneware
Liquid clay (water and clay). It is used as “glue” to hold pieces of clay together - called?
Slip
Used to cut large pieces of clay.
Cut-off wires
What is the kiln, how hot does it burn? Do students use it?
The kiln is a superheated oven used to cure clay. It reaches temperatures of 1000 degrees celsius. No, it is off limits to students.
The workable state of clay is known as ________ and ______ is when clay is stiff, holds shape; and can be joined to other pieces; carved into; recycled
Plastic, leatherhard
Creating uniform snakes of clay to use during hand building.
What's a pottery bat, what's it use?
A round masonite or MDF base that clay structures can be removed from without disrupting the structure.
The first ceramic specimens in Alaska were found in the year _______ BC
3500