Ceramic Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Unfired clay ware
  2. 5. Italian, "to scratch"
  3. 7. Colourant used to stain clay body or glaze
  4. 9. Adjustable tool for measuring inside/outside diameters, as in making lids
  5. 11. Network of cracks in a glaze
  6. 12. Distortion of ceramic ware caused by uneven stresses within clay due to forming method, uneven drying, uneven support in firing, or excessive heat in firing
  7. 14. Low fire body that is moderately porous
  8. 18. An instrument for measuring heat at high temperatures
  9. 19. From Chinese gāolǐng, literally ‘high hill’, the name of a mountain in Jiangxi province where this white clay is found
  10. 22. Rolled out flat sheet of clay
  11. 23. Another word for slip applied to clay
  12. 24. Pouring liquid clay into moulds
  13. 27. Trimmed base of a functional pot
  14. 28. Iconic jade glaze originating in China. Often contains minute air-bubble inclusions, giving slight opalescence
  15. 29. Crushed high-fired clay graded in sizes from 15-mesh to 150-mesh and added to claybodies to reduce shrinkage, give texture and give structural strength
  16. 32. Crack in ceramic ware due to rapid cooling/ thermal stress
  17. 33. Swelling or bubble in clay body due to over/irregular firing and carbon trapped in body
  18. 35. This process ensures the clay has a uniform consistency and removes air pockets
  19. 36. Firing in a low oxygen environment
Down
  1. 1. Mixture of two substances which has the lowest melting point in a whole series of possible compositions
  2. 2. Ceramic cones used in kilns to indicate accurate firing temperatures and heat work
  3. 3. The resistance to flow offered by a liquid. The opposite of fluidity
  4. 6. Metallic coloring oxide that produces blue in glazes at all temperatures
  5. 8. Red earthenware, literally meaning "baked earth"
  6. 10. Clay ware that has been fired but not glazed
  7. 13. Japanese term for a wood burning kiln that consists of a firing chamber with a firebox at one end and a flue at the other
  8. 14. A high temperature resistance wire, wound in a coil, which carries electrical current for heating a kiln
  9. 15. Forming pottery on the potters wheel
  10. 16. Slip decoration of inlaid slip developed in Korea
  11. 17. Small holes in the glaze surface resulting from bubbles of gas coming through the glaze
  12. 20. Opening in kiln wall that allows a visual inspection of chamber during firing
  13. 21. Ceramic furniture that support kiln shelves during firing
  14. 25. Making scratches, usually in a cross-hatch pattern
  15. 26. The breakdown that normally occurs when you immerse dried clay chunks or lumps in water
  16. 27. A substance that lowers the melting point of material in which it is present
  17. 30. Mineral name for titanium contaminated with other minerals such as iron
  18. 31. A type of pottery in which a red clay body is covered with an opaque white tin glaze then painted
  19. 34. Iridescent overglaze produced by using metallic pigments and a third firing
  20. 36. Rubber, metal or wooden tool for shaping and smoothing clay