1st Semester Exam

Question 0

Bisque

Answer 0

Clay that has been fired, at about cone 06, but is yet unglazed

Question 1

Bat

Answer 1

A slab or disk made of plaster, wood, masonite, or plastic which is used to support clay works-in-progress

Question 2

Clay

Answer 2

Decomposed granite-type rock broken down into very fine particles allowing it to be plastic

Question 3

Earthenware

Answer 3

Low-fire pottery, a natural clay, usually tan or red in color but can also be white

Question 4

Porcelain

Answer 4

A mixture of kaolin, ball clay, feldspar, and flint

Question 5

Stoneware

Answer 5

A mixture of several natural clays, plus alumina and silica to give it the desired qualities of plasticity, color, and firing temps

Question 6

Cone

Answer 6

A small cone made of ceramic materials made to bend at specific temperatures

Question 7

Crawling

Answer 7

When the fired glaze reacts, or pulls away, exposing the bare clay body

Question 8

Firing

Answer 8

The process of heating ceramic pieces in a kiln

Question 9

Glaze

Answer 9

A liquid suspension of finely ground minerals consisting of the elements of silica, alumina, and a flux, in water

Question 10

Greenware

Answer 10

Pottery that has not been bisque fired

Question 11

Grog

Answer 11

Hard-fired clay that has been pulverized into tiny particles and then added into wet clay to help reduce shrinkage and warping

Question 12

Kiln

Answer 12

A furnace or oven made of refractory materials for heating ceramic pieces

Question 13

Leatherhard

Answer 13

The condition of a clay piece when much of the moisture has left the body thereby allowing it to hold it’s shape but still not soft enough to carve

Question 14

Plasticity

Answer 14

The quality of clay that allows it to be manipulated and still maintain is shape with cracking; workability

Question 15

Scoring

Answer 15

Scratching the surface of leather hard clay

Question 16

Slip

Answer 16

Clay and water mixed to a creamy consistency

Question 17

Throwing

Answer 17

Creating a symmetrical pot with the use of a potters wheel

Question 18

Vitreous

Answer 18

When clay becomes hard, dense, glassy, and non-absorbent

Question 19

Wedging

Answer 19

Removing air pockets from a body and at the same time mixing it so the clay is a uniform texture

Question 20

Relief

Answer 20

Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

Question 21

Foot, Body, Lip, Shoulder, Neck

Answer 21

Anatomy of a pot

Question 22

Alumina, Silica, Flux

Answer 22

Three main dry ingredients of glaze

Question 23

Coil, Pinch, and Slab Pots

Answer 23

Three ways to make pottery using only the hands