MASTER: Clay Questions and Vocabulary

Front

What is clay?

Back

Naturally occurring sticky dirt mixed with water that can be molded with hands.

Front

What happens the first time clay gets put into the kiln?

Back

It is bisque-fired.

Front

What is the difference between Greenware and Bisqueware?

Back

Greenware is bone-dry clay and hasn't been fired yet.

Front

Greenware is fired in the ____ to become bisqueware

Back

Kiln

Front

What is sand or minerals mixed with water, and turns to colored, glassy surfaces when fired?

Back

Glaze

Front

How do you join two pieces of clay together?

Back

Score and slip

Front

What is "score and slip?"

Back

Technique of scratching the surface of wet clay, and using a slurry to join two surfaces of clay together.

Front

The quality of clay which allows it to be manipulated depending on how much moisture is in it is called what?

Back

Plasticity

Front

Clay that is dry enough to hold shape and wet enough to carve is

Back

Leather Hard

Front

Clay that has NO water left and has not been fired is...

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bone dry