Ceramics Terminology

1234567891011121314
Across
  1. 3. All fired ceramic wares or materials which, when shaped, contain a significant amount of clay.
  2. 4. A suspension of clay, clay body or glaze in water
  3. 5. 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.
  4. 6. A furnace for the firing of ceramics.
  5. 8. A pottery created by low temperature firing
  6. 9. The term used when referring to forming or shaping on a potter's wheel
  7. 10. A specially shaped tool made of flexible steel for finishing thrown pots, or made of stiff rubber for pressing and smoothing clay in a mold.
  8. 12. A step in preparing clay for shaping. It involves manipulating the clay in a fashion somewhat like kneading dough for bread ensuring even distribution of moisture
  9. 14. Colored, glass-like decoration applied to ceramic wares, often made by mixing metal oxides with a flux and fired to temperatures in the range of about 700 to 800 degrees Celsius
Down
  1. 1. A thin slab of wood, plaster, or plastic used to support pottery forms during throwing, attached to the head of the potter's wheel by clay body or "bat pins"
  2. 2. Glazes characterized by crystalline clusters of various shapes and colors embedded in a more uniform and opaque glaze
  3. 5. Unfired clay articles
  4. 7. A procedure for preparing clay or a clay body by hand: the lump of clay is repeatedly thrown down on a work bench.
  5. 11. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed
  6. 13. A group of hydrous aluminum phyllosilicate minerals