How Well Do You Know Your Clay?

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Across
  1. 2. A piece of clay rolled like a rope used to help join pieces together.
  2. 4. A rolled, flat section of clay.
  3. 6. To scratch hatch marks on it as a way of joining clay pieces together.
  4. 8. Unfired clay forms or shapes.
  5. 12. The 3rd stage of clay and where clay is the most workable.
  6. 13. Greenware that feels like room temperature, dried as much as possible, and is very fragile.
  7. 14. A method of kneading the clay before use to make it malleable and remove air pockets.
  8. 17. A fired, glassy coating on a piece of ceramic ware.
  9. 19. Often called Stoneware. This clay is fired to Cone 6 or 2242 degrees
Down
  1. 1. Can be as little as 4% or as high as 20%. Happens in the drying stage as well as the firing stage.
  2. 3. Clay in liquid form, usually used as a "glue" or binder to join together two pieces of clay.
  3. 5. Pottery that has been fired once.
  4. 7. Earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain are the 3 types.
  5. 9. Pottery oven or furnace. Can be fired by wood, coal, sawdust, electric, or gas.
  6. 10. To bake or cook in a kiln.
  7. 11. A crack that appears where two pieces of clay are formed.
  8. 15. The second or final firing in the kiln.
  9. 16. AIR Remove this in the clay by wedging or poking with a sharp tool to avoid the possibility of exploding in the kiln.
  10. 18. Clay that has dried slightly, is strong, but is still wet enough to be shaped.