Tools
The tool used to cut the bricks of clay, or cut the vessel off the wheel.
Wire tool
slip and score
What can you use on greenware directly?
underglaze/slips
What type of kilns are most often used in schools?
electrical
What is the first step when throwing on the wheel?
The thing we place work on for storage.
the bats
What is the hand building technique called where you roll out flat pieces of clay to assemble?
slab-building
Which types of glazes can you mix using colour theory?
underglazes
What is the first firing called? It turns raw clay into ceramics
Bisque
What is the step where you dig your thumb into the centre?
opening
The small objects that go under drippy vessels in the kiln.
cookies/stilts
After you assemble the base for a coil vessel, do you need to slip and score each coil?
No, you pinch them
What glaze do we use to create white?
clear
Can greenware touch another greenware piece in the kiln?
yes
When you use a pinch grip, what are you doing?
pulling walls
The largest of these tools consist of a flattened steel wire attached to a wooden handle--often used for trimming bases.
The loop tool
What is it called when you place a slab into a mold form?
Slumping
What types of glazes have dots of different colours in it?
speckled
What temperature does low fire pottery go to?
approx 1825F
What is it called when you carve the foot of a vessel?
trimming
Ribs
When you want to enclose a vessel on the wheel, what hand position do you use?
collaring/choking
What is the low fire metallic glaze we have in our studio?
pewter
How long does the kiln take to complete a firing and cool down before you can open it?
16-18 hours
What should never sit inside the vessel while you are throwing?
water