Ceramic Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. Very fine white clay
  2. 10. Course clay that has not been fired
  3. 11. A watery clay substance
  4. 14. Course clay that has been fired
  5. 16. A machine used to push out uniform clay coils
  6. 18. Wax painted on a clay pot to keep glaze out of certain designs
  7. 22. Slip piped out of a bag for decoration
  8. 23. A chemical added to glazes to add color
  9. 25. A room or cabinet used to keep ceramics workable overnight.
  10. 26. Centering clay on a wheel and pulling it up to create pottery
  11. 27. Kneading clay to remove excess water and air bubbles.
Down
  1. 1. Dry clay before it has been fired
  2. 2. A flat sheet of clay that pottery can be made from
  3. 3. A substance that coats the inside of a kiln to keep glaze from sticking
  4. 4. The quality of clay that makes it easily shaped and molded
  5. 6. A high fire temperature to used to strengthen clay, 2345
  6. 7. A ceramic cone that melts at a specified temperature
  7. 8. Large oven for firing clay
  8. 9. Clay after its been fired
  9. 12. A ledge or ring of clay at the bottom to stabilize a pot
  10. 13. A flat glaze that doesn't reflect light
  11. 14. Scratching designs into a surface color to reveal another color underneath
  12. 15. Clay that is dry enough to hold its shape
  13. 17. A flat board that clay pots are build on so they can be moved
  14. 19. Placing rolled coils one on top of each other to build a pot
  15. 20. Ground stoneware particles added to wet clay to reduce shrinkage
  16. 21. The amount a clay piece shrinks when it is fired
  17. 24. Small scratch marks made in clay to join pieces together