Clay Assessment

What is clay?

• Compressed carbon
• Pigment with a binder
• Soil material containing minerals
• Wax with a binder mixture of non-drying oil

What is a kiln?

• A machine that presses clay into a flat, even slab for use in pottery
• A machine that pushes clay through a shaped nozzle, creating intricate and uniform shapes.
• A machine for printing text or pictures from type or plates.
• A type of oven, that produces temperatures over 2000 degrees farenhiet

When were ceramics first created?

• Ancient China
• Prehistoric Era
• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Rome

Which of the follow is NOT a type of clay?

• Plastic
• Earthenware
• Stoneware
• Porcelain

What hand-building method is depicted?

• Pinching
• Coiling
• Slab Building
• Wheel Throwing

What hand-building method is depicted?

• Pinching
• Coiling
• Slab Building
• Wheel Throwing

What hand-building method is depicted?

• Pinching
• Coiling
• Slab Building
• Wheel Throwing

What hand-building method is a simple form of hand-made pottery produced by manipulating it to the shape desired?

• Pinching
• Coiling
• Slab Building
• Wheel Throwing

What hand-building method is constructed using flat clay cut to specific shapes and sizes, which are then joined together by slipping and scoring?

• Pinching
• Coiling
• Slab Building
• Wheel Throwing

What hand-building method involves the rolling out of clay into a long thin cylindrical form that is wound round like a spring?

• Pinching
• Coiling
• Slab Building
• Wheel Throwing