Ceramics Vocabulary

2. Rolling out clay into rope like pieces.
5. casting The process of pouring slip into a plaster mold.
8. Clay that has been changed from a lump into a flat piece by rolling.
9. The decrease in the size of a clay object due to drying and firing.
11. Unfired pottery.
14. The properties of a material that allows it to be shaped and to retain its shape.
15. A term applied to the first firing before glazing.

1. A fluid mixture of clay and water.
3. An insulated box, which is heated to fire pots in.
4. Pyrometric cones are composed of clay and glaze material.
6. hard A stage in the drying process of clay when the clay is pliable but strong enough to handle.
7. A ceramic paint typically composed of opaque or transparent colors which becomes vitreous when fired.
9. To rough the surface of the wet clay in order to attach another piece of wet clay.
10. A decorative technique, where the surface of the clay is scratched or drawn into.
12. mold A support on which a clay slab is draped to shape as it stiffens
13. wash A liquid mixture that is painted onto kiln shelves to make removing glaze drips easier.