Handbuilding

Question 1

What are the 3 techniques of wedging?

Answer 1

1. Kneading
2. Slamming
3. Spiral

Question 2

Explain 2 reasons we wedge our clay before we use it

Answer 2

1. mix clay to an even consistency

2. removes air bubbles

Question 3

Name 5 methods of hand building

Answer 3

Pinch,Coil, Slab, Molding and Sculpture

Question 4

Describe Pinch

Answer 4

This method is believed to be the first method of construction ever used

Question 5

Describe Coil

Answer 5

They should be stacked like tires and not like a hose or snake

Question 6

Describe Slab

Answer 6

It has 3 kinds of joins, Butt, Miter, and Lap

Question 7

Describe Molding

Answer 7

Types of molds: Slip casting, press, hump, slump

Question 8

Describe Sculpture

Answer 8

Purpose may be representation or non-representational

Question 9

Draw and identify 3 kinds of slab joints

Answer 9

Butt, Miter, Lap

Question 10

Which two slab joints need reinforcement?

Answer 10

Butt and Miter both need coil reinforcement

Question 11

Name 5 ways of decorating the form

Answer 11

Applique, Impressing, Incising, Slipping, Burnishing

Question 12

Describe Applique (adding)

Answer 12

Plastic to plastic requires pressing hard, leather hard requires scoring and slurry

Question 13

Describe Impressing (stamping)

Answer 13

Stamps must be made of porous material, non- porous will stick to the clay

Question 14

Describe Incising (carving)

Answer 14

Creates a low relief type of decoration, this is a subtractive method where you are piercing the clay

Question 15

Describe Slipping (color)

Answer 15

Adding colored slip to leather-hard ware, sgraffito is scratching designs in a colored slip to reveal color, inlay is application of slip inside carved area (opposite of sgraffito)

Question 16

Describe Burnishing (smoothing)

Answer 16

Rubbing leather-hard pottery smooth, packing particles together from the pressure of rubbing

Question 17

What do you call the thing clay is pressed through to make tubes and coils?

Answer 17

Extruder

Question 18

Name the different tools

Answer 18

rib, wood modeling tool, trimming tool, needle tool, sponge, wire tool, knife scoop tool, slab roller, banding wheel, extruder, batt

Question 19

Which our of the 3 techniques of wedging is most efficient?

Answer 19

Spiral is the most efficient but takes most skill

Question 20

Describe Rib tool

Answer 20

Used for smoothing can be wood, rubber, plastic, or metal

Question 21

Describe Wood modeling tool

Answer 21

Smoothing and burnishing

Question 22

Describe Batt

Answer 22

Board for potters wheel

Question 23

Describe Needle tool

Answer 23

Used for scoring

Question 24

Describe Sponge

Answer 24

For potters wheel

Question 25

Describe Wire tool

Answer 25

Used to cut large blocks of clay

Question 26

Describe Knife scoop tool

Answer 26

Used for cutting and carving

Question 27

Describe Slab roller

Answer 27

Used to roll slabs thinner

Question 28

Describe Trimming tool

Answer 28

Used for potters wheel, and smoothing