Clay Basics

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1. Unlike the technique creating pottery on the potter's wheel, this method of building pots involves using only the hands and simple tools.

• A. Slab Construction

• B. Coil Building

• C. Pinching

• D. All of the above

2. 

This form of clay acts as a "glue" to connect pieces of pottery together while handbuilding. 

• A. Slip

• B. Scoring

• C. Greenware

• D. Bisque

3. 

This refers to a method of joining two pieces of clay together.

• A. Hand Building

• B. Wax Resist

• C. Score and Slip

• D. Glue and Paste

4. 

Clay is the most fragile when it is in what stage:

• A. Greenware

• B. Slip

• C. Leather Hard

• D. wet

5. 

This is a method of handbuilding in which the clay is shaped by manipulating it between your fingers or the palms of your hands.

• A. Slab Construction

• B. Pinching

• C. Coil Construction

• D. Form Construction

6. 

This is the technique of building ceramic forms by rolling out ropes, or snakes, of clay.

• A. Slab Construction

• B. Pinching

• C. Coil Construction

• D. Wheel Construction

7. 

This is the process of heating the pottery to a specific temperature in order to bring about a particular change in the clay or the surface.

• A. Roasting

• B. Baking

• C. Firing

• D. Cooking

9. 

The term for ceramic ware that has not yet been fired.

• A. Raw Ware

• B. Greenware

• C. Bisque ware

• D. Dried

10. 

The part of a pot that sits on the flat surface below the piece.

• A. Bottom

• B. Base

• C. Bowl

• D. Top

What is the building process in clay that involves rolling out a flat piece of clay to an even thickness, and cutting it to the size needed.

• A. Slab Construction

• B. Pinching

• C. Coil Construction

• D. Form Building