Clay Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a liquid form of clay used as a glue
  2. 6. a glass like coating that has been melted onto a ceramic surface. It is used for decoration and waterproofing that clay.
  3. 9. unfixed pottery that is bone dry. The clay is very fragile in this state.
  4. 10. A method of kneading clay to get rid of air pockets in the clay
  5. 11. fine grained wet earth
Down
  1. 1. unglazed clay that has been fired one time at a lower temperature
  2. 2. to bake the clay in the kiln
  3. 4. a second firing that is much hotter than the first firing.
  4. 5. referees to when the clay is dry enough to carve in designs but not dry enough to fire
  5. 7. roughing up the surface of the clay
  6. 8. referees to when the clay has dried enough to be fired