Final Review Ceramics 1

1. TYPE OF POTTERY THAT IS NOTICEABLY MORE DELICATE AND
ELABORATE THAN POTTERY FOR DOMESTIC USE. USUALLY USED FOR
HOLDING OFFERINGS DURING BURIAL RITUALS
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS MAY BE WORN BY A SCULPTOR
WHEN MIXING DRY CLAY OR GLAZE MATERIALS, USING THE SPRAY
BOOTH, OR WHEN CLEANING AREAS WITH DRY CLAY OR GLAZE
MATERIALS
• PLASTIC GLOVES
• DUST MASK
• OSHA APPROVED RESPIRATOR
• DUST MOP

2. THE ACT OF MIXING AND DE-AIRING CLAY BY CUTTING IT DIAGNOLLY AND
SLAMMING THE PIECES TOGETHER IS CALLED:
• TRIMMING
• PLANNING
• SAGGING
• WEDGING
CONDITION THA DEALS WITH THE CONDITION OF RAW CLAY WHEN
MOST OF THE MOISTURE HAS EVAPORATED LEAVING IT STILL SOFT
ENOUGH TO BE CARVD OR JOINED TO OTHER PIECES:
• WET
• LEATHER HARD
• BONE DRY
• PLASTICITY
THIS PROCESS INVOLVES THE HEATING OF
CLAY OR GLAZE TO A SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE:
• FIRING
• BISQUE
• GREENWAE
• REDUCTION AND OXIDATION

3. What is a colored decoration applied on raw of bisque ware before glaze is
applied:
• Storage
• Safe use of tools
• Glaze
• underglaze
What is a coil:________________________________________________
The first firing of clay to drive out chemically combined water and
carbonaceous materials prior to glazing:
Bisque fire
Portable turn-table for rotating pottery being formed, decorated or otherwise
worked:
Banding wheels

4. In decoration and finishing this is a cycle during which glaze materials are
heated sufficiently to melt and form a glassy surface coating when cooled:
Glaze fire
When you can see slick, smooth, rough, velvety, satiny,
bumpy consistencies on the surface of a sculpture, this is
considered:
• Line
• Real texture
• Implied texture
• valueWhen you build hollow forms , you need a ______ for steam to escape. Otherwise
a hollow piece without one can become a grenade in the kiln. While the clay is still
leather hard, use a needle tool to make a small inconspicuous ______ somewhere
on the piece.
• Dot
• Crack
• Hole
• All of the above

5. In the intro to ceramic slab techniques and processes, one must
______ and slip the surface of leather-hard clay and ttach
another piece of leather hard clay that has been treated the
same way for stability:
Scoring
In studying the principles of art, Sarah focused
on balance, and the equalization of elements in
a work of art. She used sgraffito to place
designs around the circular perimeter. What
kind of balance did she use?
Radial
The best way to measure the evenness of a slab while rolling it out, Is to use:
• Clay thickness
• Drape molds
• Hump molds
• ruler
The two most important elements of sculpture:
• Shape and mass
• Line and repetition
• Rhythm and shape
• Mass and space

6. In decoration and finishing, this is a decorating method by which a
syringe is used to apply slip to a clay surface:
Slip trailing
In planning glaze and finished for a ceramic piece,
Liam is custom designing his own colors. He is
working with a neutral color palette. What can he do to
his underglaze to produce dull or neutral colors:
**add complimentary pairs in underglaze
Mr. Warnick’s class is judging Justin’s sculpture. Yje class observed how the
artist used art elements and design principles to organize his work. Students
looked carefully at Justin’s sculpture and used the glossary of art terms to
answer the following questions:
What do you think are the 2 most important and emphasized Elements of Art?
List them
Where does the artist use Element 1?
Interpretation

7. A decorative process by which
a line is scratched through a
layer of slip or glaze before
firing to expose the clay body
beneath. This is an italian term
meaning “Scratched out”
Sgraffito
A surface treatment that is concerned
with the decorating a surface with raised
ornamentation: embossed areas
In the design and construction of relief, this
area is concerned with raised or indented
patterns which remains close to the surface
plane:
BASS RELIEF
A sculptural form can be
reproduced from a
plastered or bisqued clay
shape. This is done with a :
MOLD
The best sources of imagery and subject
matter for sculpture can come from all of the
following except: plagiarism, or stealing
someone’s intellectual property

8. “I HAVE A DREAM”
FINAL PROJECT
WORTH -2
PROJECT
GRADES

9. YOU WILL CREATE:
A 3 DIMENSIONAL PIECE (CLAY) RESEMBLING “YOUR DREAM”
EXAMPLES INCLUDE:
• WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
• SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO
• SOMEPLACE YOU WANT TO BE/GO
• PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT
CRITIERIA:
MUST USE ONE OR MULTIPLE METHODS OF CLAY BUILDING
MUST BE FINISHED IN WET STAGE BY FRIDAY: ABSOLUTE LAST
DAY TO BE FIRED