8th Grade Ceramic Terms

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Across
  1. 2. clay diluted with water used to join pieces together
  2. 3. the roughness or smoothness of the clay surface by drawing or pressing into raw clay
  3. 5. clay products that have been fired for permanence
  4. 7. clay evenly rolled and formed by draping or joining
  5. 9. an oven used to bake clay
  6. 11. clay in an unfired state
  7. 12. making marks on the edges of two pieces of clay before joining with slip
  8. 14. unfired clay that isn't quite dry but firm enough to carve or burnish
  9. 15. kneading moist clay to eliminate air bubbles and produce a uniform texture
Down
  1. 1. a first firing of clay without glazes
  2. 4. creating vessels on a potter's wheel
  3. 5. a method to build clay using ropelike forms
  4. 6. moist earth used to make pottery and sculpture
  5. 8. unfired clay that is free of water and ready to fire
  6. 10. a method used to shape clay by squeezing it between the thumb and finger
  7. 13. making clay permanent through baking at high temperatures in a kiln