Pottery Quiz 1

What is clay?

• granulated loam

• dehydrated iron oxide

• hydrated aluminum silicates

what is wedging?

• kneading clay to remove all air pockets

• folding clay to remove silicate particles

• throwing clay on a potter's wheel

Bisqueware can be reclaimed and used again for a new project.

• True

• False

This is a stage of clay where the clay still holds a lot of moisture and can be easily worked into forms.

• leatherhard

• slip

• plastic

What is bisqueware?

• Pottery that has been fired twice with a finished layer of glaze

• Pottery that has been fired once, very porous, brittle, and unglazed
  

• Clay that hs not been fired yet and can be reclaimed

What stage of clay is this piece in?

• glazeware

• leatherhard

• bisqueware

The maximum thickness of a clay wall should be

• two fingers width (1 inch)

• pinky thickness (1/4 inch)

• thumb thickness (1/2 inch)

what is your ceramic form called after it comes out of the kiln the first time, without glaze?

• Greenware

• Glazeware

• Bisqueware

what stage of clay is this?

• bonedry

• plastic

• slip

Explain in order the 4 stages of Greenware (worth 1 point each)
Explain in depth each of the 4 stages of greenware (1 point each)
(8 points total)