BASIC METHODS
1. Three techniques which can be used to hand build pottery are a. ___pinch___ (squeezing the clay to shape) b. ___coil___(rolling ropes or logs of clay and attaching) c. ___slab___ (a technique using broad, flat pieces of clay)
PINCH QUESTIONS
2. Which finger do you use to create the opening in a pinch pot? ___thumb___
3. What shape should you make the clay before beginning the pinch pot? ___ball or sphere___
SLAB QUESTIONS
4. The slab method is best suited for what shaped pots (straight sided, circle, oval)?
____Straight Sided____
5. What do you use to roll out clay for slab building? ___Slab roller___
6. If you do not have the “expensive equipment” to roll slabs what can you use instead?
___Rolling Pin___
COIL POTTERY
7. If you want the coiled container to go straight up where do you attach the coils?
___Directly on top of each other___
8. If you want the container to get wider where do you attach the coils?
___On the outside of the previous layer of coil___
9. If you want to make the container to smaller where do you attach the coils?
___On the inside of the previous layer of coil___
10. What is the tool / equipment that can be used to help make coils called? ___Extruder___
11. What is the technique called when you build pottery using a wheel?
___Throwing___
12. What do you use to cover clay pieces that you are “in progress” making?
___Plastic___
13. If working on a pottery assignment (and you’re not finished), what do you do to the clay before putting it up? ___Spray with water, seal with plastic (add damp newspaper / paper towel)___
14. What is a form used to shape clay called? ___Mold___
HANDBUILDING TOOLS
15. Which tool is best used to smooth out the insides or add moisture? ___sponge___
16. Which household tool is best for scoring? ___ fork___
17. What is a bamboo rib used for? ___smoothing___
18. What would you use a fettling knife for? ___cutting___
19. What tool can you use to get rid of air bubbles? ___Needle tool___
CLAY STAGES AND TERMINOLOGY
20. A ___banding wheel___ is used to turn the pottery around when hand building.
21. A mixture of clay and water used to attach pottery is called slip___.
22. Scratching the edges of clay before attaching is called ___scoring___.
23. Clay that is workable and between the stage of plastic and dry is ___leather hard ____.

24. Clay that is soft and pliable is ___plastic____.
25. Clay that cannot be worked and has no moisture is ___bone dry___.
26. Clay that has been fired ONE time and is porous is known as ___bisque___.
27. Ceramic pieces that have not been fired in the kiln are considered ___greenware___.
FIRING CLAY
28. A furnace used to fire ceramic ware at high temperatures is called a ___kiln___.
29. What is the name of the furniture used to keep the glazed pottery from sticking to the shelves?
___stilts___
30. Kiln furniture includes stilts, shelves, and shelf props. What are they used for? To stack and separate clay to use as much space as possible
31. What does the term “firing” mean? ___Heating or baking clay in a kiln___
32. When should pottery be removed from the kiln? ___ when it is cool ____
33. What happens if air is trapped in the clay when fired? ___explodes___
34. What is kiln wash used for? ___ Protect shelves___
GLAZING
35. The material used to “paint” clay that is fired in the kiln and turns to glass is ___glaze___.
36. Glaze that is not shiny is called ___matte___. Glaze that is shiny is called ___gloss___.
37. Transparent means the glaze is ___see through___.
38. Opaque means: ___not see through____.
39. What do you do if the glaze is to thick to use? ___Add water___
40. How many coats of glaze do you use to coat the pottery? ___usually 3___
41. What does it mean when the glaze crazes? ___Cools rapidly and creates fine cracks___
BASIC TERMS
42. A ___form___ has height, width, and depth.
43. List three household object that can be used to sculpt clay. Fork, knife, sponge, rolling pin
44. Kneading clay in order to get out air bubbles is called ___wedging___.
45. Any technique of creating sculpture by carving away or removing excess material is called
___subtractive___.
46. Any technique that adds or builds up material on the surface is called ___additive___.
47. A three dimensional form or relief made by carving, assembling or modeling is called a
___sculpture___.
48. ___Relief___ refers to sculptural forms that project out from the sides of a clay pot.
49. A framework used to support clay is called an ___armature (Usually newspaper)___.
50. What do we usually use as our framework or to separate clay as it is drying? newspaper
51. What is the technical term which means to recycle clay? Reclaim (We don’t do this)
52. A ___wire___ is used to cut clay.
53. Sculpture that can be seen from all sides is called ___sculpture in the round___.
54. Carving or digging out areas of clay is called ___incise___.
55. This is a technique used to decorate clay in which objects (stamps, leaves, etc.) are PRESSED into the clay to decorate. Impress or Emboss
56. mobile __ are artworks suspended from the ceiling often used in a baby’s room!
57. What is a Maquette? Practice thumbnail using clay