Clay Vocabulary

3. special oven that heats from 2500 degrees and is use to fire (heat) clay to make it permanent (ceramic)
4. natural earth material; workable when wet; hard when fired
6. objects built with clay and fired in a kiln
7. stiff but not dried
8. watery clay used as a paste to attach clay pieces together
10. fired once, white in color
13. snake-like pieces of clay
15. wet clay maybe worked into any shape without cracking or breaking
16. fired second time with glaze, glass like appearance
17. air dried, ready to be fired
18. smoothing out rough edges

1. the 4 S's for attaching clay aka 1st rule of clay
2. roll into a ball- thumb & forefinger to create a bowl
5. kneading clay to remove air bubbles
9. remove cracks
11. pockets of air that become trapped in clay and cause object to shatter when fired
12. hand building technique in which clay is rolled (using a rolling pin) to an even thickness between 2 slats, parts are cut and assembled when leather hard
14. rough clay up using fork or ridged tool