Clay Vocab

2. A mixture of clay and water that can act as a glue when joining two clay parts.
4. The condition of that is completely dried out and ready to be fired.
7. We see them in nature and with characteristics that are free flowing, informal and irregular.
10. Cutting small cuts in the clay in order to join two clay parts.
12. The first firing of clay that dries up all the water. The firing before the glaze fire.
13. A sharp metal tool used for puncturing air bubbles and scoring.
15. We see them in architecture and manufactured items.
16. To mix leather hard or bone dry clay with water so it can be used again.
19. Large marsupial

1. Unfired clay objects.
3. The pinching method is a means to create pottery by hand using a methodical pinching process in which the clay walls are thinned by pinching them with thumb and forefinger.
5. Flying mammal
6. The area around the opening of a clay pot.
8. The process of building a clay object using coil, slab, and pinch pot methods.
9. The heating of clay or glaze to a specific temperature in a kiln.
11. Rope like roll of clay used in hand building.
14. Has a trunk
17. Likes to chase mice
18. Man's best friend
19. A furnace or oven that reaches a very high temperature for firing ceramics.