Ceramics Vocabulary

2. The process which changes clay into ceramic.
3. Clay that has been changed from a lump into a flat plane by rolling.
6. To rough the surface of the wet clay in order to attach another piece of wet clay.
9. Unfired pottery.
11. Clay mixed with water, with a “cream” like consistency.
13. A method of hand building a form using rolled out lengths of clay.

1. To make pottery by hand on the potters’ wheel.
4. A term applied to the first firing of ware in order to prepare it for glazing.
5. Rolling out wet clay into rope like pieces.
7. The properties of a material that allow it to retain its shape.
8. Method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in the clay.
10. An insulated box, which is heated to fire pots in.
12. A ceramic paint typically composed of opaque or transparent colors.