_­Throwing Basics (take home) Quiz 3, Date:                Name:____________________________________

I. DRY CENTERING:

1.      a. Slap method & shape?

 

b. Wheel speed?

 

c. Where does speed controller sit?

d. Where is the groove and how do you make it?

 

e. Where does the bucket sit?

 

II. HOME POSITION:          

2.      a. Leg Location

 

b. Knuckle Location

 

c. Thumb Location

 

d. Arm Location

 

e. Hand Posture

 

III. WET CENTER:

3.         a. Which limbs of the body do we brace to wet center clay?

 

b. Wet Center Wheel Speed?

 

c. What is water used for?

 

4.         a. Which hand do we use first to wet center the clay?

 

b. What is making friends?

 

c. What is clock face position of the knuckles of the primary centering hand?

 

5.      a. Describe the Bear Claw hand posture?

 

b. What part of which hand makes the “up” pressure for centering?

 

c. What do the fingers do?

6.      a. What part of which hand assists in the downward pressure?

 

b. Where does this hand press downward at?

 

c. What does the left hand do?

IV. RECENTER & COMPRESSION:

7.      a. What is used to compress the clay? What clock face is it used at?

 

b.  Describe “Choke Hold” re-center after opening the hole.

 

c. When and why do you compress the clay?

 

d. How do you get groovy?

 

 

 

 

V. DROP HOLE:

10.    a. Which thumb drop the hole and leads?

 

b. Where are the fingers braced?

 

c. Where is the thumb pressed?

 

d. What does the thumb do as it presses down?

 

VI. OPENING:

11.    a. What does the thumb do?

 

1. Which is the dominant thumb?

 

1. What is the choke hold?

 

VII. FIRST PINCH & PULL:

12.       a. What do we call the first pinch?

 

b. Where are the thumbs?

 

c. Where are the fingers of the hands?

 

d. How big is the thumb & finger gap?

 

e. What does the thumb do in the pinch?

 

f. What does the left hand do?

 

VIII. Removal:

13.       What are the 3 functions of the triangular rib tool?  What is the clock face it is used at?

 

a.                                                                                 b.

 

c.                                                                                 d.

 

 

14.       List the 4 steps of cut-off.  How far do the pot lifters go under the pot?

a.                                             b.                                             c.                                             d.

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.       List the 3 step re-center process

a.                                                                                 b.

 

 

 

 

c.