*Clay Vocab* NAME:

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Across
  1. 5. Long thin clay “snakes” rolled and used to sculpt clay
  2. 6. unfired clay not quite dry, but firm enough to carve. This stage is Stronger and pieces can still be attached.
  3. 7. The process of removing air bubbles from clay
  4. 9. The first firing without glaze
  5. 11. A container of some kind that’s functional. It holds things
Down
  1. 1. Putting groove lines into clay to help attach two pieces of clay together
  2. 2. moist earth of decomposed rock
  3. 3. the oven used to bake the clay
  4. 4. finely ground mineral solution that turns to glass when fired. This is what makes your piece beautiful!
  5. 8. Dry clay in an unfired state (“bone-dry”) EXTREMELY FRAGILE!!!
  6. 10. flat sheets of clay
  7. 12. clay in liquid form. Used as the glue that fuses clay pieces together.