As a potter’s wheel turns, a lump of clay can be lifted and shaped by hand into a vessel, in an action called
a. throwing
b. raku
c. forging
d. wrought
e. tumi
a. throwing
a. Correct. Throwing is a technique for creating a clay vessel with the use of a potter’s wheel.
b. Incorrect. Raku is a Japanese style of ceramics associated with the tea ceremony.
c. Incorrect. Forging is used to create metalwork.
d. Incorrect. Wrought objects are made of metal and hammered into shape.
e. Incorrect. Tumi are ceremonial daggers from an ancient Peruvian society.
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