CLAY TERMS

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Across
  1. 2. A bowl made by pinching a sphere of clay.
  2. 3. Clay that is completely dry and ready to be fired in the kiln.
  3. 4. Glaze contains tiny particles of this substance that melt to the pot when fired.
  4. 5. A special oven that gets super hot to turn clay into ceramic.
  5. 6. A long, even thickness, rope of clay made by rolling with your hands.
  6. 7. Liquid clay that is used as pottery glue
  7. 9. a flat pancake of clay made with your hands or a rolling pin.
  8. 10. Clay that has been fired a second time, and now has a glossy finish. This is the last stage of clay.
  9. 13. The term for fired clay.
Down
  1. 1. This must be done to attach two pieces of clay together.
  2. 3. Clay that has been fired in the kiln once. It is rock hard and ready to be glazed or painted.
  3. 8. Clay that is part wet and part dry, great for carving or attaching.
  4. 11. Clay that is soft and moldable
  5. 12. To scratch up the surface of the clay.