Art Fundamentals Ceramics

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Across
  1. 3. - A handbuilding technique where long ropes of clay are used to build up walls
  2. 6. - Occurs when clay turns into ceramic after the first firing. Ready to be glazed.
  3. 8. Glaze - A form of Glazeware (finished ceramics piece) When paint is used to glaze or ‘finish’ a ceramics piece, gets sprayed with clear spray paint to seal.
  4. 9. - Wet & workable clay, used for handbuilding & throwing.
  5. 11. - a stage of the drying process where the clay has lost moisture but is not yet completely hardened. Clay is still workable at this stage.
  6. 12. - A sculptural technique where the sculpted and shaped elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material.
  7. 13. - A process that removes air bubbles from clay
  8. 15. - a stage of the drying process where the clay has lost all moisture and is completely hard, clay is the most fragile in this stage. Clay is NOT workable.
Down
  1. 1. - A handbuilding technique where you repeatedly squeeze the clay between your thumb & fingers
  2. 2. - A handbuilding technique where clay is rolled flat, cut into a shape and joined together by slipping and scoring
  3. 4. - Unfired clay (wet/plastic, leather hard & bone-dry).
  4. 5. - Dry clay mixed with water to create ‘ceramic glue’
  5. 7. Taking away clay or carving out clay from the original piece
  6. 10. - Adding on material to create a texture
  7. 14. - Creating scratches in the surface so two pieces of clay can be joined together