Intro to Clay Review Crossword - 6th Grade

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Across
  1. 2. a tool with a pointy tip that can be used to help score your clay
  2. 4. liquid clay, like the "glue" used to put pieces together
  3. 6. a stage of drying where the clay is still able to be easily molded/manipulated with your hands
  4. 9. a technique where you roughen the surface of the clay with a cross hatching pattern
  5. 10. a stage of drying where you can no longer manipulate the clay, it is completely dried out
  6. 11. you MUST do this every time you are joining two pieces of clay together, otherwise your work will fall apart
Down
  1. 1. in 3500 BCE, the ______ was invented, which changed the art of ceramics forever
  2. 3. a stage of drying that is best for carving
  3. 5. a hand-building technique where you stick your thumb into a ball of clay and use a pinching technique to shape the clay
  4. 7. an earthy material that is composed mainly of fine particles of minerals, NOT a man-made material
  5. 8. a hand-building technique where you create multiple "ropes" of clay and join them together using the score and slip method
  6. 11. a hand-building technique where you roll out clay into slabs of an even thickness and join them together using the score and slip method