Clay Terms by Damien D.

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Across
  1. 2. The furnace in which ceramics are fired
  2. 5. Can be worked as clay but when fired it reaches a state similar to glass
  3. 6. Dont ____ the bottom of a piece
  4. 7. Objects made of clay
  5. 10. Clay can be no thicker than your _____
  6. 12. Unfired clay ready or nearly ready for firing
  7. 13. Low fire clay. Porous and not waterproof. To be functional it must be glazed.
  8. 14. Instrument used to record the exact temperature of the kiln
Down
  1. 1. A glassy, non-porous state caused by heat or fusion
  2. 3. The process of hardening clay by heating it at high temperature
  3. 4. A brownish orange earthenware clay body.
  4. 8. high fire clay. waterproof without glaze and is sturdier than earthenware
  5. 9. ____ clay to remove air bubbles, achieve uniform consistency, and to line up the particles of clay
  6. 11. Clay that has been fired once, usually at a low temperature