Clay Vocabulary

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What are three basic techniques for forming clay?

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pinching, coiling, and slab building

Front

the process of forming the clay by pinching it between the fingers to form the pot

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pinch pot

Front

What technique was used to make this pot?

Back

pinch

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The coil building method is when you

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make long, snake-like pieces of clay to build up a vessel or object

Front

When making a pinch pot, you first have to...

Back

Roll it into a ball

Front

What technique was used to build this piece? Options: Pottery Wheel, Pinching, Coils, Slabs

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Coils

Front

Hand-building technique which involves forming flat pieces of clay and connecting them.

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Slab

Front

the process of forming a pot from rope-like rolls of clay carefully joined together

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coil

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How do you connect two pieces of clay?

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Slip and Score and Smear

Front

Scratching the edges of the clay to join two parts securely is called:

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score