Ceramic Vocabulary

2. clay rolled into a snake shape.
5. from slop to bone dry clay. Placed in a huge bin to be reused.
9. process of kneading clay to prepare it for throwing.
10. type of kiln used at BKLYN Clay. Power source
11. mixture of materials to make useable/workable types of clay. Term for your physical being.
13. glass and pigment suspended in water. Applied to bisque.
15. forcing clay into the middle of the wheel.
16. when water evaporates from clay and changes in size.
18. firing process. Including wood/soda/salt.
21. also called “Scratch and Attach”.

1. low temperature and first firing.
3. when greenware is broken down and is reabsorbed into water.
4. clay after it has come out of the first firing.
6. Unfired clay with no moisture.
7. issue caused by lack of compressing the floor of your pot.
8. clay in the shape of a flat sheet.
12. also called earthenware. Clay/temperature below cone 6.
14. stiff yet moist clay. Perfect stage for joining.
17. finished pottery.
19. all Unfired clay. From wet clay to bone dry.
20. when porous clay turns to stone in the firing process it becomes this term.