Ceramic Key Terms

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Across
  1. 5. or square forms. Slabs may be cut into shapes and joined together using the score
  2. 7. provides important archeological records.
  3. 8. the surface for a raised effect. Slip may be colored.
  4. 9. stage Moist and elastic to the touch; clay that is easily manipulated.
  5. 13. A kneading process, manipulating the clay to remove air bubbles, lumps, and excess
  6. 14. with a clear glaze.
  7. 16. Three-dimensional shape and structure of an object.
  8. 18. slip method. This is most successful when slabs are dried to the leather-hard state.
  9. 19. Surface decoration created by filling an impression in a clay surface with another clay or
  10. 23. Objects made of clay fired to a high temperature, over 1550 degrees F.
  11. 24. The quality of a surface.
  12. 26. dry No visible moisture and no dampness to the touch. Clay is ready to be fired.
  13. 27. Pottery is one of the oldest art forms explored by mankind. There are many now-
  14. 30. is a preparation step for joining two or more separate clay pieces together.
  15. 31. pockets Enclosed air spaces within clay that must be removed for they may cause ceramic
  16. 32. Surface decoration made by scratching, cutting, or carving lines into clay at various
  17. 33. A furnace or oven built of heat-resistant materials for firing pottery. Heat is produced by
  18. 34. the only evidence of their daily lives comes in the form of pottery, which when left
  19. 35. before firing. During the firing process this applied mixture adheres to the form, giving it a
  20. 36. developed in China during the 8th century.
  21. 39. Pottery pieces in the raw, bisque, or glazed state.
  22. 40. Hard Clay is too firm to bend yet soft enough to carve. It is the consistency of cheddar
  23. 41. strong when dry; and rock hard when exposed to red heat (fired).
  24. 42. A combination of miniscule clay and glass particles mixed with water; applied to bisque
  25. 43. ware Clay that has been fired once, at a low temperature. Clay is hard but porous and
Down
  1. 1. Raised surface design on a clay piece.
  2. 2. Construction processes that include pinching, coiling or building with slabs.
  3. 3. Rolled flat sections of clay. Wet slabs can be draped over or into forms or rolled around
  4. 4. on (also called underglaze) for decorating purposes (3) May be squeezed or extruded
  5. 6. Rolled, snake-like ropes of clay, joined together to build pots.
  6. 10. when all three dimensions (length, height, and width) can be touched and
  7. 11. durable surface. Glazes can be colored, opaque, clear, translucent, or matte.
  8. 12. The crack formed where two pieces of clay are joined.
  9. 14. Fine grained earth materials formed by the decomposition of igneous rocks; plastic when
  10. 15. A translucent, nonabsorbent body fired at high temperature. White and hard, it was
  11. 17. Colored slip or liquid stain applied to leather hard clay or bisque ware, then
  12. 20. cultures throughout the world that did not use written language. For some of these
  13. 21. to explode or crack.
  14. 22. Scratching or roughing-up the clay surface; used in combination with brushed-on slip,
  15. 25. propane, natural gas or wood.
  16. 28. Pots Starting with a ball of clay, the potter opens a hole with his thumb. Pinching the clay
  17. 29. Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing.
  18. 36. To heat in a kiln (brick oven). Firing is a term used for “cooking” the clay.
  19. 37. Finely ground clay particles mixed with water. 1) Used for joining two pieces of clay; 2)
  20. 38. his thumb on the inside and fingers on the outside, a bowl shape is formed.