Ceramics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Flat piece of clay made with a rolling pin
  2. 3. 1st Stage of Clay. Watered down clay that can be used as a pottery glue
  3. 5. A natural earthy material that retains its shape and hardens when fired
  4. 9. Liquid glass that melts and bonds to clay through the heat of the kiln
  5. 10. 5th Stage of Clay. Clay that has been fired once in the kiln. Can never turn back into wet clay.
  6. 12. 4th Stage of Clay. Clay that is dry and ready to be fired. Very fragile. Also called greenware.
  7. 13. An oven that can reach extreme temperatures necessary to harden clay and glazes
  8. 14. The process of increasing the temperature in a kiln harden clay or glazes
Down
  1. 1. A mix of water and clay that is used to connect pieces of clay
  2. 2. 2nd Stage of Clay. Clay you can easily mold and model
  3. 4. 3rd Stage of Clay. Clay that is somewhat dry. Good for carving.
  4. 6. Hand rolling clay into long ropes
  5. 7. 6th Stage of Clay. Clay that has been fired again with glaze
  6. 8. The way something feels or looks like it might feel
  7. 11. Scratching the surfaces of clay that are to be connected
  8. 14. An object with three dimensions: height, width, and depth