Ceramic terminology
Across
- 5. kneading clay to a uniform texture
- 6. hand building by blending coils together
- 7. clay plus pigments for decoration
- 9. to sculpt and blend surfaces of clay
- 13. forming plastic clay on a potter's wheel
- 14. method to attach pieces of clay
- 17. ceramic "glue" to fuse pieces together
- 18. hand building by pinching thumb and fingers
- 19. tool to shape clay and smooth surface
- 21. decorating with a syringe with colored slip
Down
- 1. clays workable state
- 2. contraction of clay by drying and firing
- 3. 2nd firing;glass glaze
- 4. pinch, coil, slab
- 8. stage to carve and join slabs
- 10. furnace to "fire"clay
- 11. decoration achieved by scratching through slip
- 12. most breakable, ready to bisque
- 15. machine for mixing clay
- 16. hand building by joining flat clay pieces
- 20. hardening of clay body