Ceramic Basics

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Across
  1. 3. an oven like appliance that fires the clay
  2. 4. Moist clay that can be easily manipulated
  3. 6. process that removes air bubbles from clay
  4. 9. a colored glass like coating that is applied as decoration
  5. 10. unfired clay that is still firm enough to hold its shape but cannot be molded easily.
  6. 12. completely dry clay, ready to be fired
  7. 13. building by using ropes or snakes of clay to make a form.
Down
  1. 1. colored clay. The glaze we are using for your mugs.
  2. 2. clay that has been fired once. Removes all air bubbles.
  3. 5. acts as a glue when attaching clay together
  4. 7. shaping clay using the thumb and fingers of one hand while slowing rotating the clay in the other hand.
  5. 8. a form of decoration made by scratching through the surface to reveal a layer of contrasting color.
  6. 11. rolling out flat pieces of clay and attaching them together to make a form.