Ceramics Exam Review

A ________ is a furnace or oven for firing pottery or sculpture

• oven

• kiln

• karrablast

________is s suspension of clay in water used for connecting pieces of clay

• slip

• slop

• goop

______is the ability of damp clay body to form under pressure without cracking and to retain the formed shape

• plasticity

• malasticity

• velocity

_________is a variety of earthy materials formed by the decomposition of granite.

• clay

• mud

• paste

________is made by forming a ball of clay into a bowl by pressing clay between the thumb, fingers and palm.

• pinch pot

• slab

• coil

_________ is s piece of clay rolled like a rope, used in making pottery.

• coil

• slip

• slab

_____________ is a surface decoration technique where a layer of underglaze is applied, then scratched away to create a design

• sgraffito

• wax resist

• wheel throwing

__________ is a a piece of flat clay.

• slab

• coil

• pinch pot

________ is the process of heating pottery of sculpture in a kiln or open fire to bring the clay or glaze to maturity

• firing

• heating

• baking

_____________ is the surface quality of an object

• texture

• formation

• waxing