Ceramics Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Hand-building method by squeezing clay between thumb and fingers.
  2. 4. With this method clay is rolled into thin sheets and manipulated into shapes.
  3. 5. Involves carving or cutting the surface with a sharp tool.
  4. 6. Doing this to your clay helps make sure that there are no air bubbles
  5. 8. The "glue" that is used to attach one piece of clay to another.
  6. 9. Finished ceramics that has been fired once.
  7. 10. This method is shaping clay by cutting a solid shape in half and then scooping out extra clay.
Down
  1. 1. The stage clay is in when it is softest.
  2. 2. This method the potter takes clay and then rolls it until it forms a long roll.
  3. 3. The technique of applying one piece of clay to another.
  4. 7. Uses an object or stamp to press a design into clay.