Final Exam

Question 1

Bubbles in clay?

Answer 1

Bad; Causes ware to explode in the kilm

Question 2

Potters wheel

Answer 2

Machine we make pottery on

Question 3

Wheel head

Answer 3

The metal wheel on the potters’ wheel

Question 4

Bat

Answer 4

Platform for working on

Question 5

Throwing

Answer 5

The act of making pottery on the wheel

Question 6

Slip or Engobe

Answer 6

Slip is muddy wet clay and Engobe is muddy wet clay with color

Question 7

Stain

Answer 7

Pigment for permeating the surface

Question 8

Glaze

Answer 8

Glassy surface after the second fire

Question 9

Burnishing

Answer 9

Rubbing the green ware to make it shiny

Question 10

Slab

Answer 10

Flat sheet of clay

Question 11

Kiln

Answer 11

Oven thingy used to fire clay

Question 12

Scratch and Slip

Answer 12

Technique for putting two pieces of clay together

Question 13

earthenware / Bisque fire/ Fired ware

Answer 13

Types of clay

Question 14

Plasticity

Answer 14

How flexible, malleable or soft the clay is

Question 15

Loop tool

Answer 15

A tool used to scoop away clay or trim

Question 16

Cutting wire

Answer 16

Tool used to cut off large amount of clay

Question 17

Foot

Answer 17

Rim on the bottom of the pottery

Question 18

Form

Answer 18

3-D

Question 19

Contrast

Answer 19

Drastic differences between elements of design

Question 20

Texture

Answer 20

Soft, rough, bumpy, smooth

Question 21

Amorphous

Answer 21

Without a specific form

Question 22

Bas relief

Answer 22

A low level sculpture

Question 23

Carving

Answer 23

Removing clay for a design

Question 24

Casting

Answer 24

Pour a media into a mold to make a replica of an object

Question 25

Excise

Answer 25

Removing clay

Question 26

Coil

Answer 26

A rolled out rope of clay

Question 27

Iron oxide

Answer 27

red stain powder (rust)

Question 28

Dunting

Answer 28

Glazing accident that causes a glaze to blister

Question 29

Crazing

Answer 29

Glazing accident that makes the glaze crackle

Question 30

Crawling

Answer 30

Glazing accident that makes the glaze drip or run

Question 31

Vitrification

Answer 31

The point at which clay becomes incapable of omisis, or it can hold water

Question 32

Volatilize

Answer 32

The temperature meta dissolves and changes forms

Question 33

Sgraffito

Answer 33

A tool for doing Mishima

Question 34

Mishima

Answer 34

A Japanese technique of carving thin lines in engobes for design