Construction Methods
What do we call the technique of using our fingers to press our clay into shape?
Pinch Method
What is glaze?
Liquid Glass
This tool is used to cut clay off the block or remove stuck clay from a surface
Wire cutter
What are the vocabulary terms for scratching and attaching our clay pieces together?
Slip and scoring
What technique did we learn through the pumpkin and neolithic pot project?
Pinch
Rolling out out long rope or snakes, these are useful to stack while constructing a vase.
Coils
Why can't we glaze the bottom of a piece?
It will stick to the kiln shelf
This tool is useful for hollowing
Loop
What stage of clay is the best for hand building a pinch pot?
Plastic
Hollowing, Slip and Score
Using a rolling pin and guidesticks, we can flatten clay into these
Slabs
When is a piece ready to be glazed?
After the first/bisque fire
This tool is good for smoothing the clay and compressing the surface of a slab
Rib
What stage of clay is best for attaching slabs together to create a box?
Leather hard
What technique did we learn through the Ancient Greek Vase project?
Coil Method
What is the acronym to remember the steps to using the wheel?
COP
What is another material we can use to paint our bisqueware with?
Acrylic Paint
This is the name for the pointiest metal tool we use to carve and score clay with
Needle
What stage of clay is the proper stage to fire a piece?
Bone dry
Slab Method
What do we need to do to the inside of a thick art piece to make sure it can safely be fired?
Hollow
Why does the color of the glaze change from its dry painted state to the shiny finished state after the glaze firing?
Chemical reaction
These 2 tools help us to roll out even slabs
Rolling pin & Guide sticks
What stage of clay does bone dry rehydrate back into if you leave it in water long enough?
What technique requires a spinning machine to create pottery?
Wheel throwing