Materials
Clay Stages
Techniques
Clay Forms
Clay knowledge
100

What are sponges used for in ceramics?

Smoothing clay, hydrating clay, getting rid of cracks.

100

true or false: You can still form your clay after it is in the bisqueware stage of clay. 

False

100

What handbuilding technique is this?

Pinching

100

What's this?

Slab

100

What clay did we use all of semester 1?

white clay

200

What are these and what are they used for?

Shaper tools, refining design and getting rid of clay boogers. 

200

What do you do when your clay has cracks during the building process?

Use water and sponge to hydrate.


200

What is the technique when you roll out worms of clay to attach together? 

Coiling

200

What is this?

Pinch Pot

200

How did we label all our projects?

First name, last name initial, R-(period #)

300

What is this and what does it do?

Rib tool, used for seal and compressing clay.

300

what is the name of the stage of clay that we work with in order to make projects?

Plastic


300

When you are making a pinch pot, what do you have to do to the edge of the clay?

Seal and compressing the clay with a paddle and rib tool. 

300

What's this? 

coil pot


300

True or false: glaze can adhese broken pieces together

true


400

What is this called? What is it used for?

Feathering tool, used for scoring faster/more areas

400

True or false: you can glaze your clay before it is bisque and cooked. 

False

400

What is the technique when you roll out a sheet of clay using 2 equal height sticks and a rolling pin? 

Slab

400

Where is the shoulder of this pot?

400

What's this?

An air bubble or air pocket. 

500

What is this called? What is the spoon side used for?

A box tool. Used for blending clay in the smooth process after stick. 

500

What stage does the clay have to be in order for it to be cooked in the kiln for the first time?

 Hint: It's the stage after leather hard!

Bone Dry

500

How do you attach two pieces of clay together?

score, slip, stick, smooth

500

What techniques are used in this artwork?

Slab and pinch

500

How do you recondition clay?

Throw the clay onto the table to form a cubic shape, then slice it into thin pieces with the pink slider tool and run it under water and put it in an airtight bag.