Crossword of Clay

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  1. 4. The opening near the top of a pot.
  2. 5. Clay mixed with water to a mayonnaise consistency. Used in casting and decoration.
  3. 7. The explosion of clay in the kiln caused by the sudden escape of steam resulting from rapid heating of the presence of impurities.
  4. 11. Colored slip painted onto bisque or greenware.
  5. 12. To decorate by pressing forms into wet clay.
  6. 14. Mold A plaster form which is used to support wet clay in the early stages of construction.
  7. 16. Unfired pottery that is bone dry, a stage in which clay forms are the most fragile.
  8. 17. Tool A long piece of wire with two wood handles used to slice blocks of clay.
  9. 19. Relief A strongly raised or deeply carved pattern.
  10. 21. The heating of clay or glaze to a specific temperature in a kiln
  11. 23. Hard Stage of clay between plastic and bone dry. Clay is still damp enough to join it to other pieces using slip. (For example: the stage when handles are applied to mugs.)
  12. 24. A method of manipulating clay with your fingers in your palm to a hollow shape. “Pinch pots”are a popular beginner's project.
  13. 26. Clay that has been fired once, unglazed.
  14. 28. Knife Tool used to trim roughedges of clay before firing.
  15. 30. A method of decorating by stamping into a clay surface.IncisingA decoration method when lines are drawn or cut into the clay surface.
  16. 36. The main part of a pot or vase
  17. 37. Wheel A device with either a manual (foot powered) or electric rotating wheel head, used to sit at and make round pottery forms.
  18. 38. Clay that has glaze or underglaze applied and has been fired a second time.
  19. 39. Wet clay is watered down to a slip and poured into a mold.
Down
  1. 1. The method of working with clay on a potter’s wheel.
  2. 2. Fire First firing, without glaze.
  3. 3. A piece of clay rolled like a rope, used in making pottery.
  4. 6. The part of a pot that sits on the floor or table.
  5. 8. Tool Tool used for scooping out clay.
  6. 9. Tool Clay tool used to score and poke tiny holes in wet clay.
  7. 10. Clay that will be fired to a lower temperature in the kiln.
  8. 12. Pressed or rolled flat sections of clay used in hand building.
  9. 13. Flat slabs of clay are pressed into forms.
  10. 15. A method of kneading clay, to make it even and work out bubbles.
  11. 18. A furnace of refractory clay bricks for firing pottery and for fusing glass. Can be heated by electricity, gas, oil or wood to temperatures from 1500-2340 degrees Fahrenheit.
  12. 20. Building Method(s) of building clay forms using only hands and simple tools.
  13. 22. Fire The final firing, with glaze.
  14. 25. Attached piece of clay used to hold or pick up the pot.
  15. 26. Dry Completely air dried clay. Unfired clay.
  16. 27. Clay that has become permanently hard after being heated in the kiln.
  17. 29. The narrow part of a pot under the mouth.
  18. 31. A plaster or bisque clay shape from which a clay form can be copied.
  19. 32. A thin coat of glass that has been melted onto a ceramic surface. Glazed pottery is fired to a temperature of 1830-2010 degrees Fahrenheit.
  20. 33. Type of tool made of plastic or wood, used to shape and form wet clay.
  21. 34. Stage of clay that is very soft and workable.
  22. 35. To scratch the surface. Used with slip to join moist clay pieces together