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Leaving Cert Art: Craft: textiles & ceramics

How often Craft: textiles & ceramics comes up on the Art papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 2 of the last 3 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

OL Asked on 1 of the last 3 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Craft: textiles & ceramics, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Craft: textiles & ceramics.

(a)Clay that has been fired once, before glazing, is called?
  1. Greenware, unfired
  2. Bisque (biscuit) ware
  3. Slip-cast ware
(b)Liquid clay used to join pieces or to decorate a pot is called?
  1. Grog
  2. Glaze
  3. Slip
(c)On a loom, the threads held lengthwise under tension are the?
  1. Warp
  2. Selvedge
  3. Weft
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(a) Bisque (biscuit) ware

(b) Slip

(c) Warp

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Craft: textiles & ceramics.

Higher Level

Asked on 2 of the last 3 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q6
2024Q4
2023Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 1 of the last 3 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q4
2024Not asked
2023Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Craft: textiles & ceramics questions

Craft: textiles & ceramics, 2 marks

What does firing clay in a kiln do?

  1. Makes it soft and wet again for reuse
  2. Turns it slowly into metal
  3. Hardens it permanently into ceramic
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Hardens it permanently into ceramic

Kilns reach very high temperatures, changing clay so it can never go back to soft clay. Pottery is often fired twice: a biscuit firing and a glaze firing.

Craft: textiles & ceramics, 2 marks

What is a glaze on pottery?

  1. A wire tool used for cutting clay
  2. A glassy coating fused on by firing
  3. A type of raw, unfired clay
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A glassy coating fused on by firing

Glaze makes pots waterproof, easier to clean and decorative. It is applied as a liquid and melts into a glassy layer in the kiln.

Craft: textiles & ceramics, 2 marks

What is embroidery?

  1. Decorating fabric with stitches using a needle
  2. Weaving threads together on a wooden loom
  3. Printing fabric with carved wooden blocks
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Decorating fabric with stitches using a needle

Embroidery adds pattern, texture and image with thread. Contemporary textile artists use it for portraits and landscapes as well as traditional decoration.

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