Clay Crossword

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  1. 1. Type of tool made of plastic or wood, used to shape and form wet clay.
  2. 9. A device with either a manual (foot powered) or electric rotating wheel head, used to sit at and make round pottery forms.
  3. 10. Clay tool used to score and poke tiny holes in wet clay.
  4. 11. First firing, without glaze.
  5. 14. The final firing, with glaze.
  6. 16. A method of kneading clay, to make it even and work out bubbles.
  7. 17. Tool used to trim rough edges of clay before firing.
  8. 18. Stage of clay that is very soft and workable.
  9. 19. Stage of clay between plastic and bone dry. Clay is still damp enough to join it to other pieces using slip. (For example: the stage when handles are applied to mugs.)
  10. 20. The opening at the top of a pot.
  11. 22. Pressed or rolled flat sections of clay used in hand building.
  12. 24. A plaster or bisque clay shape from which a clay form can be copied.
  13. 25. Clay that will be fired to a lower temperature in the kiln.
  14. 27. Method(s) of building clay forms using only hands and simple tools.
  15. 31. The narrow part of a pot under the mouth.
  16. 32. A strongly raised or deeply carved pattern.
  17. 33. To scratch the surface. Used with slip to join moist clay pieces together.
  18. 35. Clay that has permanently hard after being heated in the kiln.
  19. 36. The main part of a pot or vase.
  20. 37. The heating of clay or glaze to a specific temperature in a kiln.
  21. 38. A long piece of wire with two wood handles used to slice blocks of clay.
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  1. 1. A plaster form which is used to support wet clay in the early stages of construction.
  2. 2. A method of decorating by stamping into a clay surface.
  3. 3. Finished ceramic art with glaze applied.
  4. 4. The method of working with clay on a potter’s wheel.
  5. 5. A thin coat of glass that has been melted onto a ceramic surface. Glazed pottery is fired to a temperature of 1830-2010 degrees Fahrenheit.
  6. 6. Completely dried, unfired clay: a stage in which clay is the most fragile
  7. 7. The explosion of clay in the kiln caused by the sudden escape of steam resulting from rapid heating of the presence of impurities.
  8. 8. Clay mixed with water to a mayonnaise consistency. Used in casting and decoration.
  9. 12. Unfired pottery in any stage (plastic, leather, or bone dry.)
  10. 13. Colored slip painted onto bisque or greenware.
  11. 15. Tool used for scooping out clay.
  12. 21. Wet clay is watered down and poured into a mold.
  13. 22. To decorate by pressing forms into wet clay.
  14. 23. A method of manipulating clay with your fingers in your palm to a hollow shape. These “pots” are a popular beginner's project.
  15. 24. Flat slabs of clay are pressed into forms.
  16. 26. A furnace of refractory clay bricks for firing pottery and for fusing glass. Can be heated by electricity, gas, oil or wood to temperatures up to 2340 degrees Fahrenheit.
  17. 28. Clay that has been fired once, unglazed.
  18. 29. Clay that has glaze or underglaze applied and has been fired a second time.
  19. 30. A decoration method when lines are drawn or cut into the clay surface.
  20. 32. Attached piece of clay used to hold or pick up the pot.
  21. 34. A piece of clay rolled like a rope, used in making pottery.
  22. 37. The part of a pot that sits on the floor or table.