Ceramics Vocabulary

4. Clay that has been fired once.
8. A machine with a smooth steel disk on the top which potters use to throw their pots on.
9. A layer of glass that is fused onto the surface of the clay of a pot or ceramic piece.
11. In this state the clay is very moist and easy to work with.
13. The art of working with clay or clay products.
14. A technique in which you scratch into the clay to create designs.
15. A ______ is made of coils of clay wound around a central base.
16. To bake clay in a kiln.

1. Watered down clay that acts as glue when connected different pieces of clay.
2. Clay that has not been fired and is called _____.
3. State in which the clay is still somewhat moist. You can join multiple pieces of clay together and create sgraffito designs.
5. The oven we fire our clay in.
6. ______ is what you do to get rid it of air bubbles in your clay.
7. State in which the clay has little or no moisture. It is very important for the clay to reach this stage before firing.
8. A ball of clay that is pinched together into a pot is called...
10. Your pot could ______ if you left air bubbles in it.
12. Roughen clay to help it mesh/connect together with another piece of clay.