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This Pottery Trivia Is Clay-Level Creative

Which pottery decorating technique uses acid and always yields a fern-like pattern?

How are mass quantities of identical pottery products produced?

When looking at pottery that is being fired, what should be worn on the eyes to protect them?

For approximately how long have people been making pottery?

What are objects that are shaped by wet clay, then hardened by baking?

What is the name for applying a coat of slip to the surface of pottery to cover up mistakes?

What is one way to slow the drying process for clay?

Which type of pottery is heavy, opaque, and non-absorbent?

What is a natural product from the Earth's crust that is used to form pottery?

How does a potter control the speed of a pottery wheel?

When is it safe to unload pottery from a kiln once it has been fired?

Which part of a pot must be kept free of glaze?

Which important pottery component is made of material that will fuse during the firing process?

Which types of items can be made with pottery?

Which Norwegian artist developed the "Watercolors on Porcelain" technique in the 1980's?

Which movie, released in 1990, featured a touching pottery scene?

Where was porcelain first made?

What will happen if air bubbles are present in pottery when it is fired in a kiln?

Which part of the pottery-making process gives the pottery its final appearance and strength?

When making pottery, how can you check for air bubbles in the clay?

What is the final step in the pottery-making process?

Which color combination does the "Bianco Sopra Bianco" technique produce?

When is glaze traditionally applied to pottery pieces?

What happens if sun-dried clay gets wet?

In which year did transfer printing revolutionize the porcelain industry by speeding up production?

Where did pottery glazing originate?

Which type of clay is heavy and pure, and found in the place it was originally made?

What is the substance that is added to pottery glaze to lower its melting point?

How do many Southwest Native Americans come by the clay they use for pottery?

Which color does tin glaze yield?

Which old firing technique is possible in your own backyard?

One of the ingredients necessary for porcelain, Petuntse, is found only in which country?

Which type of clay has been transported from its original location, and has collected impurities?

A crack in the glaze is called what?

How are pottery glazes typically purchased?

What may have been the first type of pottery?

Which potentially harmful element can be found in powdered pottery glazes?

Which is a decorative technique where a piece of wet slip makes abstract patterns on pottery?

What are the two types of fires that could be used on a piece of pottery?

Approximately which temperature must clay be heated for it to harden into a porous pottery?

Which ancient civilization used pottery bricks around 4000 B.C.?

Which popular type of decoration was used by Italian potters in the 1500's?

When should bisque firing be done?

Upon which type of firing does the overglazing technique depend?

Which term describes clay that has dried out for several days?

Which type of pottery uses a combination of natural and synthetic finishes?

Which word describes the lack of oxygen in a kiln that can affect pottery color?

Which factor indicates the total number of times a pottery piece must be fired?

After the fall of the Roman Empire, when did European potters again begin producing creative works?

Which term refers to pieces of pre-fired clay that are sometimes added to pottery for decoration?

What can vitreous pottery do?

Pottery with an intricate silhouette design is often formed in which way?

Which shape is used to check the kiln temperature?

Which ancient civilization began throwing pottery on wheels in the first millennium B.C.?

Which decoration is made to pottery by applying alternate-colored clay to the piece?

How full should a kiln be before pottery is fired?

How did porcelain find its way to Europe?

What is the result when clay is mixed with an additive to give the clay different properties?

Which term describes the zig-zag pattern a potter makes by dragging a point through wet slip?

"Creamware" is grouped under which type of pottery?

Which ancient group produced vases that were famous for their beauty and symmetry?

Which term describes the process of mixing clay by hand by rotating and pressing a ball on a table?

Along with kaolin, what is the second main ingredient in porcelain?

Which type of pottery did Lucy Lewis, a Native American, create?

Which type of Japanese porcelain is usually colored red and blue?

What is the clay body or paste of a ceramic?

Why does earthenware pottery crack and chip more easily than other types?

Which term describes pottery that has dried out completely and can no longer be worked with?

A liquid mixture of clay and water that is applied to pottery surfaces is called what?

What is the term for using pottery to form hollow containers?

What is the name of the fine white clay that is used to make porcelain?

Which Englishman produced the first porcelain in England?

What is the main component of clay?

Which term describes molded bands that encircle pottery vessels?

Where on the surface were "border ware" vessels typically glazed?

Which is the term for scratching designs into wet clay?

What is the purest type of pottery?

In which century was the finest English porcelain produced?

Which is the name of the pottery glazing technique first used by the Babylonians in the Middle East?