Clay tools & stages
clay skills
Clay history
Jomon pottery
100


An insulated box, which is heated to fire pots in. 


What is a kiln

100


Scoring, adding slip, and smearing is known as this.



What is welding?

100

In the 1600s  ______ are made in colonial Virginia and Pennsylvania.

What are Baked-clay bricks and tiles

100

 These vessels are the oldest in the world

What are Jōmon pottery vessels

200

Will hold its shape, can carve

into, can join to other clay

pieces, can still be recycled.

What is leather hard

200


Kneading a piece of clay like bread dough to remove air bubbles is called this.




What is wedging?



200

What year was the The Terra Cotta Army created? during the reign of Shihuangdi, the founder of China’s Qin dynasty.

221-207 BCE during the reign of Shihuangdi, the founder of China’s Qin dynasty.

200

 This is the earliest historical era of Japanese history

What is the The Jōmon period

300

Very fragile, 

can be recycled

What is bone dry

300


When you roll out a piece of clay to create an even sheet you are creating this.




What is a slab?



300

In 2700 BCE who discover glaze. By 1500 BCE, vibrant blue and green glazes were being used.

Who are the Egyptians

300

The word Jōmon means

What are “cord markings” or “patterns"

400

Fired once in the kiln,

cannot be recycled

What is Bisqueware

400


Slip is made from these two items.




What is dried clay and water?



400

What pottery is created between 10,000-7,000 BCE with hand-building techniques in Japan.

What is Jomon Pottery

400

 What were primarily used to construct the Jomon vessels.

What are coils

500

Workable stage, can be recycled, can join

to other clay pieces

What is wet or plastic

500


Two other ways of hand-building with clay are these two skills.




What are pinching and coiling?



500

In the 1800s, this movement spurred handcrafted pottery in both the US and the UK

The Arts & Crafts movement

500

Jōmon vessels were made for 

What are functional uses like cooking and storing.