Beginning Ceramics Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. This is the stage of clay where it is the most dry without being fired
  2. 3. This is the stage of clay where we begin to build our pieces
  3. 4. where you use a pottery wheel to help shape your piece
  4. 5. when you use your hands to manipulate the clay into the very center of your wheel head
  5. 8. the stage of clay where it has been completely high fired and and has a glaze on it
  6. 11. where you use only your hands and hand held tools to create your piece
  7. 13. thin, round, rope-like pieces of clay
  8. 15. liquid clay
  9. 16. Clay Fired to a high temperature
Down
  1. 1. This is the stage of clay where it has been low fired in a kiln once
  2. 2. This is the stage of clay where there is still some moisture, but the clay itself is firm
  3. 6. the most basic form you can make on a wheel
  4. 7. a process that mixes the clay, removes air bubbles, and helps to make the clay more consistent.
  5. 9. thin flat pieces of clay
  6. 10. the bottom most part of the piece
  7. 12. a ceramic piece that is finished being made, but has not been fired yet
  8. 14. where you use your fingers to squish clay into your desired form