Ceramics

5. A low fire red clay body.
7. Typically the second firing of a ceramic clay body after it has been Bisque Fired.
8. The process of firing unglazed clay to a low temperature to harden the clay. During this firing at slow speed, all moisture and gases are taken out of the clay body. Ideal temperature to fire to is around 1940/1945 degrees.
13. Rolling out wet clay into rope like pieces. Pieces can then be stacked to form and build a piece like a cup or vase.
15. Any unfired clay body before it is Bisque Fired and is very fragile.
16. A colored liquid clay that is applied to Greenware and sometimes Bisque, then coated with Clear Glaze.
18. A naturally occurring aluminum silicate composed primarily of fine/grained minerals.
19. Indenting into the wet clay.
20. A furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying, especially for firing pottery.
21. Unglazed clay body fired to a low temperature.
22. A shiny finish to a glaze.

1. A non-shiny finish to a glaze.
2. Pots, dishes, and other articles made of fired clay. One of the first forms of art by mankind dating back to 10,000 BC.
3. To form a shape such as a mug, vase, bowl on a banding wheel or pottery wheel.
4. The process of creating anything in clay without the use of the pottery wheel. Most often ceramic tools are used to carve, engrave, incise the clay.
6. When wet clay has dried somewhat but still damp enough to be joined to another piece of clay.
9. To rough the surface of the wet clay in order to attach another piece of wet clay.
10. To cook or bake in a kiln.
11. Method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in the clay.
12. A slab on which clay is handled, typically a circle piece that can be attached to a pottery wheel head.
13. Aligning the clay on the pottery wheel.
14. The art of making all things made out of clay.
17. A ceramic paint typically composed of opaque or transparent colors which becomes vitreous when fired to maturity.
23. A liquid form of clay typically used like glue to attach two pieces of clay together.