handbuilding
Golden Rules
Firing Stages
Joining Clay
Glazing
100

The handbuilding technique where you roll out "ropes."

What is coiling?

100
When you need to keep clay moist from day to day you must do this.
What is cover it with plastic (or place in a sealed ziploc bag)?
100

Unfired pottery that is bone dry (most fragile state)

What is greenware?

100

You must join clay this way if you want the pieces to stay attached.

What is score, slip, secure, and smooth?

100

This substance is used to paint clay. It goes on chalky but once fired turns to a shiny "glass."

Glaze

200

The handbuilding technique where you make a sphere and then push down in the center with your thumbs.

What is pinching (or pinch pot)?

200
When moving your pottery, you should handle the piece this way according to the slide presentation.

What is hold it with two hands?

200

After the clay has been fired in the kiln and before you glaze (paint) the pottery.

What is bisque (or bisqueware)?

200

This form of clay is a mixture of water and clay. It is used as a type of "glue" for the clay.

What is slip?

200

According to the slide presentation, you must put this many coats to ensure coverage.

What is 3 coats?

300

The handbuilding technique where you roll out a flat piece of clay

What is slab?

300

This is the way to clean up clay dust from a table.

What is wipe it down with a wet sponge?

300

You have applied glaze but have not fired the pottery again yet.

What is glazeware?

300

This is last step of joining clay.

What is smooth?

300

You must do this inbetween applying coats of glaze.

What is allow the layer to dry.

400

Coils and slabs should be this wide.

1/4 to 1/2 inch

400
You must do this before putting glazed pottery into the kiln or it will stick to the kiln shelves.

What is wipe off any glaze from the bottom of the piece?

400

The name of the "oven" where pottery is fired.

What is a kiln?

400
Scratching up both pieces of clay before joining them 

What is scoring?

400

Applying glaze to the bottom of your piece will result in this.

What is fusing (sticking) to the kiln shelf? (Ms. Wright will have to smash your work to remove it from the kiln.)

500

Slab, pinch pot, and coiling are 3 handbuilding techniques. This is another handbuilding technique.

What is wheel throwing, mold making, carving, relief, sculpting, or slip casting?

500
You must never do this to another student's work.

What is touch?

500
You must never do this while a kiln is operating or cooling.

What is open the kiln (or touch the kiln)?

500

Failing to follow the score, slip, secure, and smooth process when joining to pieces of clay will result in this.

What is your pieces falling off or apart.

500

Bonus: This could happen if a project does not dry completely before placing it in the kiln.

What is explode?

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