ceramics crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. a person who makes pots or other ceramic art and wares.
  2. 5. a procedure for preparing clay or a clay body by hand: the lump of clay is repeatedly thrown down on a work bench and mixed by kneading.
  3. 10. this form of clay acts as a "glue" to connect pieces of pottery together while handbuilding.
  4. 12. shelves and posts upon which ceramic ware is placed while being fired in the kiln.
  5. 15. a shiny glass like surface applied to bisque fired clay.
  6. 16. this is the process of heating the pottery to a specific temperature in order to bring about a particular change in the clay or the surface.
  7. 20. the term used when referring to forming or shaping on a potter's wheel.
  8. 21. in this technique, flat slabs of clay are pressed into molds in order to create various shapes or forms.
  9. 22. this is a method of handbuilding in which the clay is shaped by inserting the thumb of one hand into the clay and lightly pinching with the thumb and fingers while slowly rotating the ball in the palm of the other hand.
Down
  1. 1. the part of a pot that sits on the flat surface below the piece.
  2. 2. a dull-surfaced glaze with no gloss.
  3. 4. a firing cycle in a kiln to the temperature at which the glaze materials will melt to form a glass-like surface coating.
  4. 6. the term for ceramic ware that has not yet been fired.
  5. 7. unlike the technique creating pottery on the potter's wheel, this method of building pots involves using only the hands and simple tools.
  6. 8. this is the technique of building ceramic forms by rolling out coils, or ropes, of clay and joining them together with the fingers or a tool.
  7. 9. This term refers to a method of joining two pieces of clay together.
  8. 11. all fired ceramic wares or materials which, when shaped, contain a significant amount of clay.
  9. 13. is unfired clay
  10. 14. water mixed with earth to a sticky thick consistency.It can be molded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics
  11. 17. a furnace for the firing of ceramics.
  12. 18. the final stage of green ware dried to a completely dry state and ready to be fired. In this stage, the clay is very fragile, non-plastic and porous.
  13. 19. pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.
  14. 23. a coating that has been matured to the glassy state on a formed ceramic article, or the material or mixture from which the coating is made.