Let's build!
the technique you use to create a pinch pot
pinching
clay left out uncoverTrue or False: the oldest piece of pottery dates back over 27,000 years agoThe color of the glaze that will come out clear
true
super wet clay that is like mud
slip
the name of the oven that clay goes into to be fired
kiln
James Hubert Blake's nickname
Eubie
long snakes of clay we use to build a pot
coils
doing this gets the clay ready to be shaped and gets the air bubbles out
wedging
the stage of clay that is fresh out of the bag and great to make something new
plastic
bisqueware is clay that has been _____ but not glazed
fired
Blake played this instrument
the piano
in order to stick clay to clay, you must do this
scratch and attach (aka score and slip)
clay left out uncovered will do this
the stage of clay where it is completely dry but hasn't gone into the clay oven yet
bone dry
the reddish clay that is fired at lower temperatures in the kiln
earthenware
Blake was born and raised in this city
Baltimore, Maryland
what a flat, rolled out piece of clay is called
slab
the walls of a pinch pot should be about the width of a ____
finger
the stage of clay that is great for etching and building with slabs
leather hard
the gray clay that is fired at higher temperatures in the kiln
stoneware
the year Blake High School first opened
1998
the machine potters used to spin the clay as they shape it with their hands
potter's wheel
this is the amount of time that is takes pottery to decompose
greenware
stoneware clay fires at over this temperature
2000 F degrees
Blake High School was originally going to be named after this other creative genius (hint: he created Kermit the Frog)
Jim Henson