Ceramics Terms

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Across
  1. 3. This is the last 10 minutes of class to make it look great for the next class
  2. 5. the process of kneading the clay with the hands to remove air bubbles
  3. 7. These help get the right thickness of clay while rolling it out
  4. 9. The potter rolls the clay into these, stacks them together, and joins them through pressure creating a vessel.
  5. 11. This device is used to roll out consistent clay slabs (By Hand)
  6. 13. The term given to clay objects that have not been fired.
  7. 16. he device where a potterer will use a foot-powered pedal to make the wheel turn to make round pottery objects
  8. 17. This is a material you place over your wet clay piece to keep it wet overnight
  9. 19. This tool is used to cut clay off a new clay body for use
  10. 20. These can cause your piece to explode in the kiln if the clay is not wedged
  11. 24. Tool The
long
heavy
pointy tool
set
into
wooden,
metal,
or
plastic
handles.
 One
of
the
most
versatile
tools
in
pottery.
Used to make small holes in pottery.
Down
  1. 1. Term used when a bisque piece has this applied to it to make it shine. The second firing
  2. 2. Scratching cross hatched lines into the clay where you want to join two pieces of clay
  3. 4. These are used to recycle and reclaim clay in pottery studios
  4. 6. The oven where we fire our pottery to a bisque stage or glaze stage.
  5. 8. sometimes referred to as liquid clay, is essentially a liquid mix of pieces of clay in water. It normally has a consistency like thick cream when mixed together. Used to bind clay pieces together
  6. 10. Clay that is completely dry - no water in clay-body
  7. 12. Technique
to
move
the
clay
in
the
middle
of
a
wheel
so you can throw
it without wobbles
  8. 14. This object is used to smooth out leather-hard or bone-dry pottery. It is also used to soak up extra water in your pieces
  9. 15. Clay that has slightly dried, but can still be worked with
  10. 18. These are ceramic tools made of plastic, wood, metal and rubber and are used to smooth clay or scrape clay away from a piece. Also used to clean off pottery wheel base.
  11. 21. The term given to clay objects that have not been fired once
  12. 22. pottery made from a flat sheet of clay. Unlike the other hand-building methods (coil pottery and pinch pottery), you make your constructions using these to make specific shapes or boxes.
  13. 23. The material we paint or dip our bisqueware in to create a shiny finished piece