Bell Work Due Friday 10/24

10/20 WELCOME BACK
Here’s your bell work. Use pictures if necessary.

1. What is a slab?

2.  What is leather hard?
3. What is beveling

10/21

1.     How do you attach two slabs together?
2.     How is a lid for a container made?
3.     What is a template?

 

10/22

1.     Where does clay come from?
2.     Why does clay crack when it dries too quickly?
3.     Why might your work explode in the kiln?

 

10/23

1.     When clay is moldable and soft it is called…
2.     How do you strengthen the corners of a box after you have attached it by beveling, scoring, and slipping?
3.     What is it called when you clean glaze off of the bottom of your work before firing?


10/24
1.     What are fettling knives used for?
2.     How do you get air bubbles out of clay?
3.     How thick should a slab be in order to walk the line between exploding and cracking?