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Origins and types of Clay Flashcards

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What is the earths crust made out of?

A

Feldspar

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What are the 6 characteristics of secondary clay?

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color varies, has impurities, small in size, plasticity varies, firing temp varies, and opaque

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How does residual clay become a secondary clay?

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natural forces weathering and transporting the clay, it has picked up impurities that changed the clay to secondary

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What are the 3 clay’s used by potters?

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Earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain

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What are some characteristics of Earthenware?

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Low firing temp, fragile, porous, varies in color and plasticity

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What are some characteristics of Stoneware?

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medium firing temp, not fragile, non-porous, vitrified when fired to maturity, varies in color and plasticity

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What are some characteristics of Porcelain?

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High firing temp, white, hard not fragile, translucent, non-plastic, no impurities

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Whats does Transparent mean?

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see through

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Whats does Translucent mean?

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can not see through, light pass through

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Whats does opaque mean?

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light can not pass through

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11
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Whats does plasticity mean?

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malleable

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12
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Whats does igneous mean?

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produced by the action of fire

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Whats does porous mean?

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full of holes (water can go through)

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14
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Whats does residual mean?

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leftover

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15
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Whats does vitrify mean?

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become glass-like

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16
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What happened in 20,000 BC?

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clay sculptures were made for story telling

17
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What happened in 9,000 BC?

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Colored slip was introduced in Japan

18
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What happened in 6,000 BC?

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In the middle East controlled firing was developed

19
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What happened in 4,500 BC?

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in Mesopotamia using oxidation/reduction to affect color

20
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What happened in 4,000 BC?

A

Writing on clay tablets

21
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What happened in 2,500 BC?

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First glaze found in Egypt

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