Ceramics Vocabulary Practice

4. objects made of clay hardened by heat
6. clay that has dried out and is ready to be fired in kiln
7. scratching the edges of clay before joining them together
9. a process using flat, even pieces of clay that have been formed into slabs with a rolling pin
11. clay pieces that have not been fired in the kiln
13. a thin, glasslike coating that is applied to clay pieces
14. a person who makes pots and dishes from clay, by hand or on a potter’s wheel

1. a clay piece with glaze on it that has been fired in the kiln
2. an oven used for firing clay sculptures and pottery
3. the process of squeezing a piece of clay between your fingers to form it; pinch pots are made this way
4. rolling a cylinder of clay to create a long, snake-like form
5. moldable clay that is wet enough to easily shape into forms by hand without breaking
6. an unglazed clay piece that has been fired in the kiln once at a low temperature and is ready to be glazed
8. the process by which clay is heated in the kiln; firing makes the clay objects permanent
10. clay that has started to dry; it can still be carved, cut, and joined together, but it is hard like a block of cheese
12. liquid clay used like glue to join pieces of clay together