Class Participation Grade
The first thing you should complete after entering the classroom. It should be done silently. It is worth 5 points a day.
What is do now?
This is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz, metal oxides and organic matter.
What is clay?
The process used to attach two pieces of clay.
What is scoring and slipping?
This tool is used to slice big pieces of clay off from a larger chunk.
What is a cutting wire?
Surface design technique that uses an object or a tool to press or stamp a design into the clay.
What is impressing?
This is the amount of time you spend working on your artwork or other assignments. It does not include talking or playing on your phone. It is worth 5 points a day.
What is time on task?
A glass like coating. Used to cover a clay form. They are made from various chemicals.
What is glaze?
The technique in which you use your fingers to pinch and shape the clay.
What is Pinching?
A tool used to cut shapes and smooth soft and leather hard clay.
What is a fettling knife?
A surface design technique that involves applying one pieced of clay onto another.
What is applique'?
Getting out all of the supplies you will need to work on your projects. Hint, you should not do this until you are instructed to do so. It is worth 5 points a day.
What is set up?
This is a very watery version of clay that is used for patching, smoothing, and attaching pieces of clay.
What is slip?
Using rolled out, snake like, pieces of clay that are added to each other to create a larger clay form.
What is coiling?
This is the stage of unfired clay where it is completely dried out and the MOST fragile.
What is bone dry?
Involves carving or cutting into the surface of the clay with a sharp tool.
What is incising?
Students are responsible for returning materials to their designated areas, checking the floor, wiping off tables, washing brushes, etc. This is not a time to play or spray water on people.
What is clean up?
This is the "oven" used to "bake" the clay.
What is a kiln?
Using flat sheets of clay to build with clay.
What is slabbing?
A ceramic piece that has gone through one firing.
What is bisqueware?
A surface design technique that uses sharp object to cut holes in clay and is a decorative technique.
What is piercing?
This is SO IMPORTANT to creating a fun classroom! It includes interacting positively with each other, using appropriate language for the classroom, listening (not talking or on your phone) during instructions, not damaging another student's project and just being respectful in general. It is worth 5 points a day.
What are expectations?
These two tools are used to make a piece of clay flat.
What are a rolling pin and boards or slats?
When you "cook" clay in the kiln, it is called this.
What is firing?
Drying clay that still has some flexibility. It is cold to the touch. This stage is the best for carving into the surface of the clay.
What is leather hard?
Rubbing and polishing the surface of leather hard clay with a smooth stone or back of a spoon is called
What is burnishing?