Tools
Hand Building Tecniques
Procedures
Ceramics Knowledge
Random Art Knowlege
100
This tool is use to cut
What is a fettling knife?
100
This technique is for creating openings in your clay using your thumb and fore fingers.
What is pinch or pinch pot technique.
100
These TWO things are what you do to your clay before you begin.
What is kneading and wedging.
100
Painted substance that fuses to the clay after it has been fired once.
What is glaze.
100
You must do this to your clay to keep it wet inside a plastic bag.
What is wrap in a wet paper towel.
200
This tool is use to make slabs.
What is a rolling pin.
200
You roll these out and they better be NO thinner than a 1/4 of an inch.
What is a slab.
200
You knead and wedge in order to get the _________ and ___________ particles evened in your clay.
What is air and water.
200
This is a dried, raised piece of clay that raises around cut marks.
What is a burr.
200
Using a rolling pin will ensure that your slab is flat and ________.
What is even.
300
This tool is used to create textures and it is helpful for smoothing, adding slip to crevices in your clay.
What is the green plastic tool.
300
We used this technique to build height in our projects.
What is coil technique.
300
What must you apply to your clay in order for things to stick together.
What is slip.
300
The 2nd stage of clay.
What is plastic.
300
This happens to the size of clay after it's been bisque fired.
What is it dries and shrinks a little.
400
These tools are used to scraping into the clay to create designs, and can also be used to scrape off burrs.
What is wooden carving tools.
400
For this technique, you create a ________ and then you have a template that you cut out of.
What is slab.
400
This procedure involves scratching the surface and then attaching a glue like substance to make sure that clay formations stick together.
What is score and slip.
400
The stage of clay referred to once it has been fired once.
What is bisqueware.
400
Use these to create texture easily.
What are stamping tools.
500
This is used to place your clay onto to ensure that it doesn't stick.
What is a canvas mat.
500
For this technique you need a pre-made object.
What is drop slab.
500
This term is referred to as the procedure that we do to the project after your clay is bone dry.
What is fire.
500
The 3rd stage of clay where you can NO longer add wet clay to it.
What is leather hard.
500
Another word for scratching.
What is scoring.