Clay Vocabulary

4. what will happen to the clay after firing?
5. clay that has not yet been fired in the kiln
6. the stage after firing the clay in a kiln, before glazing
7. flat wooden sticks used on either side of the rolling pin when rolling a slab
10. is a method in which you roll long pieces of clay with your hands
11. a mixture of clay and water used to fuse clay together
12. a method of handbuilding using your thumb and forefinger

1. clay is no longer bendable but it is easier to carve
2. an oven in which you bake the clay
3. the process in which you knead the air pockets out of the clay
4. process in which you join pieces of clay
5. liquid glass like substance which is painted onto clay making it waterproof after its last firing in the kiln
7. a flat rolled out piece of clay
8. the stage at which clay is moist and workable for shaping into forms
9. A tool used to carve and hollow out large areas